Overview

A lost Hitchcock film. A deadly secret. It's murder in Hollywood. Hollywood, 1959. When struggling mystery writer Bobby Burgoyne is hired by Alfred Hitchcock to work on the script for his new film Crescendo, he thinks his future success is assured at last. Instead he is swept into a swirling maelstrom of madness and murder. Someone, it seems, is willing to kill to keep the film from being made and Hitch needs Bobby to find who or what is behind the sabotage. With a ruthless killer in pursuit, Bobby discovers that behind the obscure novel Hitch has based his movie on lies a true tale of abduction, amnesia and death. To save his own life as well as Hitch's career, Bobby must penetrate to the heart of the mystery and confront a final, shocking revelation. 'A pitch-perfect pastiche that will delight fans of Raymond Chandler as well as those of Hitchcock ... Now all we need is someone to film it' - The Times

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'Harris brings 1950s Tinseltown to life with sparkling dialogue and Easter Eggs galore, and the core mystery is gloriously unpredictable. For film buffs this is a sure thing' * Publishers Weekly * 'Harris is adept at smart guy interior monologues in the spirit of Raymond Chandler. Hitchcock aficionados will enjoy spending time with the big man and fans of Chandler will enjoy the wise guy exchanges as Burgoyne and Tess track the villain across Tinseltown and into a climactic resolution worthy of any noir thriller' * Historical Novels Society *

Author Information

Robert J. Harris was born in Dundee and studied at the University of St Andrews where he graduated with a first class honours degree in Latin. He is the designer of the bestselling fantasy board gameTalismanand has written numerous books includingLeonardo and the Death Machine,Will Shakespeare and the Pirate's Fire, and more recentlyThe Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries, a series featuring the youthful adventures of the creator of Sherlock Holmes. His first Richard Hannay novel,The Thirty-One Kings, was acclaimed by critics and readers alike and was listed byThe Scotsmanas one of the fifty best books of 2017. He lives in St Andrews with his wife Debby.

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