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""Gripping...Mann expertly juggles the various threads of the narrative to a satisfying conclusion that is sure to please both true-crime and film-history enthusiasts."" -- ""Booklist"" ""Many readers will come away from this stellar and gripping true-crime narrative utterly convinced by Mann's solution to the unsolved 1922 gunshot murder of William Desmond Taylor, president of the Motion Pictures Directors Association...With a gift for evocative phrasing (one figure is described as having a face like a 'living mug shot'), Mann has crafted what is likely to be a true-crime classic."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" ""Sex! Drama! Scandal! If you have the slightest curiosity about the dark purple scars of Hollywood history, this is the go-to book you cannot miss...Epic and fabulous--every page is haunting, every chapter a film noir. I was up all night."" -- ""Rex Reed, film critic"" ""While searching for a solution to the sensational crime, Mann masterfully captures the zeitgeist of Hollywood in its early days."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" ""William Mann fires on all cylinders in this fascinating real-life crime story that has stumped film fans since 1922. A page-turner with incredible research and prose double boiled, Tinseltown is a whodunit tour de force, revealing the dark heart of Hollywood."" -- ""Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, an Edgar Award finalist""

"""Gripping...Mann expertly juggles the various threads of the narrative to a satisfying conclusion that is sure to please both true-crime and film-history enthusiasts."" -- ""Booklist"" ""Many readers will come away from this stellar and gripping true-crime narrative utterly convinced by Mann's solution to the unsolved 1922 gunshot murder of William Desmond Taylor, president of the Motion Pictures Directors Association...With a gift for evocative phrasing (one figure is described as having a face like a 'living mug shot'), Mann has crafted what is likely to be a true-crime classic."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" ""Sex! Drama! Scandal! If you have the slightest curiosity about the dark purple scars of Hollywood history, this is the go-to book you cannot miss...Epic and fabulous--every page is haunting, every chapter a film noir. I was up all night."" -- ""Rex Reed, film critic"" ""While searching for a solution to the sensational crime, Mann masterfully captures the zeitgeist of Hollywood in its early days."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" ""William Mann fires on all cylinders in this fascinating real-life crime story that has stumped film fans since 1922. A page-turner with incredible research and prose double boiled, Tinseltown is a whodunit tour de force, revealing the dark heart of Hollywood."" -- ""Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, an Edgar Award finalist"""

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William J. Mann is the bestselling author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn; How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood; Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand; and Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines. He divides his time between New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. He has been awarded the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration several times and has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.

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