Stone & Steele Mysteries: Book 1
Publication Date: November 15, 2024
Solving their own murders is the least of their problems…and the beginning of Stone & Steele, a reluctant yet surprisingly skilled investigative team.
The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. Vivian Steele moved to California to start a new life. She opened a fashion boutique in Beverly Hills, befriended Carole Lombard, the actress, and married a successful banker. But when her husband is murdered, Vivian discovers she isn’t the only one hiding a few secrets.
An anonymous phone call lures Vivian to a plush hotel room where she stumbles upon the dead body of a beautiful young actress – her husband’s mistress. To add fuel to the fire, she’s not alone.
Preston Stone, her adversary and Hollywood’s notorious playboy, is standing beside her. Suspiciously, they part ways only to find themselves alone again at a movie premiere two days later, and the message becomes brutally clear. They’re both the next targets of a cold-blooded killer.
Together, Vivian and Preston are thrown into a deadly race to find a missing collection of valuable coins and stop a vicious killer before they become the next murder victims. But first, they need to stop pointing their fingers at each other.
A Perilous Premiere is the first book in this exciting new 1930s Stone & Steele mystery series starring a great cast of characters ranging from the rich and famous to Bella, a Boston Terrier, her new friend, Boris, a Saint Bernard, and a few other endearing folks. (A pretty clean read)
I truly enjoyed author Gail Meath’s first book in her new series, Stone & Steal Mysteries, A Perilous Premiere.
The setting is the Golden Age of Hollywood, with favorites as secondary characters such as Carole Lombard and Clark Gable.
Vivian, the main protagonist, is smart and sassy, and there are secrets about her that her character is not willing to share with her audience yet. She knows how to handle herself and takes care of business while acting like a lady.
Preston, the male protagonist, isn’t what he appears to be. He’s a handsome, young, wealthy playboy who loves to hobnob and live the good life. However, he has his own secrets that, hopefully, the reader will be able to glean in another book.
The spy and espionage aspect is a fantastic aspect of the story. The writing was sharp and funny. The story hooked me from the start, and I greatly enjoyed reading this book.
I’m looking forward to the next book in the series. I would love to get to know these characters more.
A Perilous Premiere is an immensely entertaining read where Golden Age Hollywood shines as the backdrop.
Gail Meath is the author of the multi-award-winning Jax Diamond Mysteries, the fun series about of a wise-cracking PI, his sweet German Shepherd partner, Ace, and his Broadway singing heartthrob, Laura, as they solve crazy crimes during the Roaring Twenties. She’s currently working on the first book in her exciting new 1930s mystery series, Stone & Steele Mysteries, takes place during the glamorous Golden Age of Hollywood. As always, she blends the most loveable characters with a good, solid mystery.
Gail also has a growing list of other award-winning historical romances, mysteries, westerns, and fictional biographies of true heroines. She lives in a small village in Upstate New York with her husband and their sweet, little Boston Terrier, and she spends loads of time with her grandchildren.
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