Hollywood and Vain

Alexander Blade, former kiddie heartthrob of the silent screen, has a new client with a husband who's gone missing. But when his former Hollywood cameraman turns up murdered in his office with a cash retainer clutched in his lifeless hand, Blade is pulled into a web of bizarre deaths of former co-stars of his silent pictures. As Blade digs deeper, he suspects the killer may be someone he knows all too well, but as the body count rises, he must face dark secrets of a past he's been trying to forget, when his fans knew him as "Buster Blade, Wonder Boy of the Westerns."

Join Alexander "Buster" Blade and his assistant, Paloma Liu Tsong, as they navigate the treacherous waters of post-war California in Hollywood and Vain, the first installment of the Frisco Detective mystery series. If you enjoyed the classic noir of Raymond Chandler, you'll love Hollywood and Vain.