The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda
Quick is set in the 1930s but has nothing to do with the economic difficulties
of the period. Anna Harris is a secretary to Helen Spencer, a “bold,
adventurous, and daring” woman, who is murdered on page 1. Being a generous
boss, Helen leaves Anna with a fancy wardrobe, a sporty Packard coupe, a
shoebox of money, a mysterious, but valuable notebook, and a gun. In her dying
moment, Helen wrote a message to Anna using her own blood: RUN. Anna does what
any sensible woman would do. She changed her name (Irene Glasson) and moved to
Hollywood. Thus, begins a thriller of Hollywood, espionage, and murders (too
many to count).
The story intertwines two stories: one of espionage and the other of Hollywood. The espionage story involves the notebook Anna acquires in the first chapter. The up-and-coming actor Nick Tremayne stars in the Hollywood plot. It seems that women who get in the way of Nick’s career seem to mysteriously drown. One in a bathtub, another in a pool, a third in the ocean. Irene, who has reinvented herself as a scandal sheet reporter, takes it as a personal challenge to break open this story. She is assisted by a retired magician Oliver Ward) who owns an exclusive resort (reminded me of Santa Barbara).
A fast-paced story with a strong female lead.
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