BEHAVING BADLY
Amazon Top New Release in Depression History of the U.S.
Recently widowed crime beat reporter Tess Hammond turns grief into purpose when her editor assigns her a seemingly small missing-teen story that balloons into murder, corruption, violence, and white slavery in Depression-wrought, Prohibition-era 1932 Los Angeles. As the search for the young woman leads Tess from an underground speakeasy to a Poverty Row studio, from Hollywood Boulevard nightlife to a gambling ship at sea, she encounters a world of mobsters, corrupt cops and, eerily, the chain of duplicity and corruption that cost her detective husband his life and almost ends her own.
"...fresh, authentic, and uncannily modern. A rewarding series-starter with a promising, brainy sleuth.”
—Kirkus Reviews
ABOUT ROCHELLE
Rochelle Staab is a Los Angeles mystery writer, avid hiker, trail blogger, and historian with a deep background in the radio and music industries. She recently returned to the mystery-writing community after taking a hiatus to earn a History BA with an emphasis on America and Los Angeles. A hiking enthusiast by accident—she thought hiking might lead to good settings for mystery—she has blogged about over 300 different hikes in the urbs and burbs of Los Angeles, exploring Southern California from the ground up. Rochelle’s fourth novel, BEHAVING BADLY, set in Depression-wrought, Prohibition-era 1932 Los Angeles, is available in ebook and paperback.
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