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A Marvelous Murder

A Marvelous Murder - Paperback

by David S. Pederson
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Availability:In StockContributor:David S. PedersonPublish date:2025-06-10Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bold Strokes BooksISBN-13:9781636797984ISBN-10:1636797989UPC:9781636797984Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:Gay, Amateur Sleuth, HistoricalSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCAYW5X2Q4

Hollywood, 1939.

When film director Orland Orcott is found dead in his locked study, police rule it a suicide. However, movie star Victor Marvel believes otherwise and sets out to investigate, aided by his handsome boyfriend, Griffin, and Eve Spellman, Victor's smart, young costar.

Suspects include Orland's son, Tab, an aspiring actor who was blacklisted after his father found out that he's gay, and Sheila, a former mistress of Orland's, tossed aside when he took up with a new starlet. Added to the list are William Taylor, a has-been that Orland delighted in humiliating, William's daughter Lydia, who may have slept with Orland to get her father a movie role, Agatha Mudd, a gossip columnist with a secret past is also a suspect, and Orland's long-suffering wife, Marjorie.

Was it suicide or murder? The trio is on the case to find the truth, but suspects and grudges abound. With so many motives for murder, finding the killer won't be easy. But no one else cares as long as Orland Orcott is dead.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bold Strokes BooksISBN-13:9781636797984ISBN-10:1636797989UPC:9781636797984Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:Gay, Amateur Sleuth, HistoricalSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCAYW5X2Q4
Pederson, David S.: -

David S. Pederson has written multiple mysteries, all featuring LGBTQ+ characters. He's a two-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mysteries. His second book, Death Goes Overboard, was selected by the GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association for the 2018 Over the Rainbow book list. Two of his poems, "My Candle" and "I Never Knew," were used in the 2024 OCTC stage production of Love Notes Cabaret of Words & Music. He's passionate about mysteries, old movies, ocean liners, and reading.

He, his husband, and their sweet rescue cats reside in the sunny Southwest.

David can be contacted at davidspederson@gmail.com or via his website, www.davidspederson.com.
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books

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