{"product_id":"9781728252254-last-night-at-the-hollywood-canteen-tp","title":"Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eGlamorous and suspenseful.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -Marie Benedict, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Woman in the Room \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mitford Affair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen, a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business. Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence, new in town after a devastating breakup, definitely hopes to rub elbows with the right stars. Maybe then she can get her movie made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Hollywood proves to be more than tinsel and glamour. When despised film critic Fiona Farris is found dead in the Canteen kitchen, Annie realizes any one of the Canteen's luminous volunteers could be guilty of the crime. To catch the killer, Annie falls in with Fiona's friends, a bitter and cynical group-each as uniquely unhappy in their life and career as Annie is in hers-that call themselves the Ambassador's Club.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolving a murder in real life, it turns out, is a lot harder than writing one for the stage. And by involving herself in the secrets and lies of the Ambassador's Club, Annie just might have put a target on her own back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This \u003cb\u003evibrant, utterly delightful\u003c\/b\u003e mystery expertly captures the drama, glamour and absurdity of wartime Hollywood. \u003cb\u003eSarah James's swift dialogue, dry wit and clever characters transport you into a 1940s movie, where the jokes are quick, the love affairs scandalous and the cast as charming as they are flawed\u003c\/b\u003e. Underneath it all, James's deep knowledge of the era's movies and music lends an authenticity that makes the rest shine even brighter. I laughed, I gasped and I never wanted it to end. \u003cb\u003eThis should head straight to the top of every must-read list.\u003c\/b\u003e\" -Brianna Labuskes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Librarian of Burned Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41099826626657,"sku":"9781728252254","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32317424.jpg?v=1737186381","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781728252254-last-night-at-the-hollywood-canteen-tp","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}