The Silver Blonde
Random House Children's Books · Hardcover · July 27, 2021
For fans of Ruta Septys and Monica Hesse comes a lush historical mystery set in post-World War II America against the flashy backdrop of Hollywood's film studios about a shocking murder that threatens to unearth the ghosts of a young German immigrant's past.
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- Who it’s for
- A studio vault, a star’s apparent murder, and a young woman’s film-editing dreams make uneasy company.
- Genres
- YA Mysteries, 20th-Century US YA, Historical YA Romance
- Published
- Random House Children's Books, July 27, 2021
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For fans of Ruta Septys and Monica Hesse comes a lush historical mystery set in post-World War II America against the flashy backdrop of Hollywood's film studios about a shocking murder that threatens to unearth the ghosts of a young German immigrant's past. Hollywood, 1946. The war is over, and eighteen-year-old Clara Berg spends her days shelving reels as a vault girl at Silver Pacific Studios, with all her dreams pinned on getting a break in film editing.
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That and a real date with handsome yet unpredictable screenwriter Gil. But when she returns a reel of film to storage one night, Clara stumbles across the lifeless body of a woman in Vault 5. The costume, the makeup, the ash-blond hair are unmistakable--it has to be Babe Bannon, A-list star. And it looks like murder. Suddenly Clara's world is in free-fall, her future in movies upended--not to mention that her refugee parents are planning to return to Germany and don't want her to set foot on the studio lot again. As the Silver Blonde murder ignites Tinseltown, rumors and accusations swirl. The studio wants a quick solve, but the facts of the case keep shifting. Nothing is what it seems—not even the victim. Clara finds herself drawn, inevitably, to the murder investigation, and the dark side of Hollywood. But how far is she willing to go to find the truth?
Glamour and Shadows
A studio vault, a star’s apparent murder, and a young woman’s film-editing dreams make uneasy company.
Come here for
- A murder mystery tucked inside 1946 Hollywood’s film studios
- Film-world ambition alongside postwar uncertainty
Expect
- Hollywood glamour with rumors and shifting facts
- A mystery tangled with Clara’s hopes for a future in film
Where it sits
| 20th-Century US YA | 80% |
|---|---|
| YA Mysteries | 65% |
| Historical YA Romance | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical YA - Europe
- 20th-Century US YA
- YA Mysteries
- Authors
- Elizabeth Ross
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- July 27, 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Historical YA - Europe