Additional information
| Formats | paperback |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.5×8.5 |
| Pages | 252 |
Reviews
In the best noir tradition, award winning writer McAdams uses his insider’s knowledge of Hollywood and shoe leather journalism to craft a riveting tale of corruption and redemption.
—Lee Gruenfeld, New York Times and international best-selling author
A revealing, in-depth, page turner of 1950’s Los Angeles mixed with the Hollywood Blacklist and newsroom politics, where the protagonist has to balance several ends.
—Neal Ahern, Emmy Award Winning Producer, West Wing
A murder-mystery with the backdrop of Nixon’s rise to power in California, the Hollywood Blacklist, and the pivotal role of investigative journalism in America. A whodunit that pits good against evil, the Fourth Estate against the Second Estate and right versus wrong. All paired with illicit family fortune, political intrigue and the dogged determination of the press, payback, and friendship.
—Raymond Paul Johnson, award-winning author of Conspiracy Ignited
Frank McAdams is an award-winning screenwriter, teaching cinema studies at USC, 1991-2018. McAdams is the author of “The American War Film: History and Hollywood” and co-author of “Final Affair,” a Berkley True Crime Book. His memoir, “Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander’s Memoir,” University Press of Kansas, was released in 2013 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Autobiography/Biography. In 2010 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. He received a B.S. (History) from Loyola University, Chicago, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA.
California Rain
Los Angeles, 1950:
When New York investigative reporter, Mike Foyle, learns that his World War II combat buddy, Bernie Crusher, is dead of an "apparent suicide" he immediately suspects foul play. Arriving in Los Angeles to replace Crusher, who was reporting on the subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Foyle is is faced with a mountain of roadblocks in picking up a winding, murderous, trail that leads to a scandalous Hollywood statutory rape trial and a dark secret about a powerful Southern California family. With colleague Kitty Chandler, Foyle is able to uncover Crusher's last moments that point to the historic 1950 mid-term California elections. Set against the infamous Hollywood Blacklist, California Rain is a noir break from the stereotypical homicide police investigation with a "twist" ending.
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