New York Times Bestseller • Edgar Award winner for Best Fact Crime

The Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story: an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern film industry.

By 1920, the movies had suddenly become America’s new favorite pastime,

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"Legendary Emmy℗ʼ-winner Dick Van Dyke is on duty as Dr. Mark Sloan, in one of the most successful contemporary mystery series of all time. With a lighthearted bedside manner and a nose for murder, the good-natured, unconventional and sometimes zany physician is on of TV's all-time favorite medical sleuths."--Container.

"Legendary Emmy℗ʼ-winner Dick Van Dyke is on duty as Dr. Mark Sloan, in one of the most successful contemporary mystery series of all time. With a lighthearted bedside manner and a nose for murder, the good-natured, unconventional and sometimes zany physician is on of TV's all-time favorite medical sleuths."--Container.

When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains at a neglected Tudor mansion, psychologist Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unspeakable cruelty.

As Major Crimes enters its third season, Captain Sharon Raydor continues to lead her elite team of investigators in pursuit of L.A.'s most dangerous criminal offenders and make tough, provocative deals to ensure these perpetrators do the hard time they deserve. Plus, her unpredictable, estranged husband Jack reappears, and her pending adoption of Rusty brings up difficult issues. The squad continues to dive into captivating cases which run the gamut...

At work, L.A. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a woman in charge. Got a suspect to grill, a case to crack, a murderer about to walk? Call Brenda in and watch the fireworks. But at home, well, that's another story. Join the squad as Sanchez looks after an orphaned boy, Tao goes undercover as a biker dude, Provenza and Flynn date airline attendants (turns out one of them has a corpse in her bathtub), and Brenda finds her family Christmas rudely interrupted...

"What are you holding on to? Long past the secrets that brought them together and tore their lives apart, Noah, Alison, Helen and Cole are on separate journeys with the promise of new relationships and a fresh start. But as the past continues to surface, they question what they re holding on to as their lives keep crashing back into one another."--Provided by publisher.

Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a psychologist working with the Los Angeles police. He's a heavy drinker and a gambler and he has uncanny success interrogating criminals as he understands their vices, weaknesses and perversities.

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson has an offbeat personality, uses a tough-as-nails approach, and has a track record as one of the country's leading investigators. For the Atlanta transplant heading up the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, her position on this elite detective squad, which handles high-profile cases of a sensitive nature, is a tenuous balancing act. She faces antagonistic roadblocks, even from...