"Guys like Chuck Holland don't run out of luck. Somebody stubs them out like a cigarette."
Hollywood, 1947. Everyone knew who killed Chuck Holland. On a film set at Walden-Ames Studio, he was supposed to have been shot—the surprise was that Chuck Holland had ended up dead. And it looks like the lady with the smoking gun, beautiful star Julia Conway, will get away with murder.
The only one who can stop her is Detective Frank Waterfield, a bookish, sardonic investigator who only wants a quiet life. But Julia has a revelation about an accomplice that could rock the LAPD. Forced to let her go, Waterfield soon quits the force and moves back home to New York.
Six years later, he’s a script writer for television in Manhattan, the capital of the Golden Age of TV, when shows are live and anything can happen. In 1953, life is good for an ex-cop banging out teleplays, working on shows where young unknown actors like Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint are starting their careers.
Then one afternoon Julia Conway is waiting for him on a corner, desperately needing his help...
Lady With a Smoking Gun first premiered as a stage play that kicked off the successful PL.A.Y Noir Festival in 2018. Now Frank Waterfield and Julia Conway live again in this heart-pounding thriller with lust, betrayal, political intrigue and dirty little secrets that only a smart detective can bring to light.
Genre: Mystery
Hollywood, 1947. Everyone knew who killed Chuck Holland. On a film set at Walden-Ames Studio, he was supposed to have been shot—the surprise was that Chuck Holland had ended up dead. And it looks like the lady with the smoking gun, beautiful star Julia Conway, will get away with murder.
The only one who can stop her is Detective Frank Waterfield, a bookish, sardonic investigator who only wants a quiet life. But Julia has a revelation about an accomplice that could rock the LAPD. Forced to let her go, Waterfield soon quits the force and moves back home to New York.
Six years later, he’s a script writer for television in Manhattan, the capital of the Golden Age of TV, when shows are live and anything can happen. In 1953, life is good for an ex-cop banging out teleplays, working on shows where young unknown actors like Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint are starting their careers.
Then one afternoon Julia Conway is waiting for him on a corner, desperately needing his help...
Lady With a Smoking Gun first premiered as a stage play that kicked off the successful PL.A.Y Noir Festival in 2018. Now Frank Waterfield and Julia Conway live again in this heart-pounding thriller with lust, betrayal, political intrigue and dirty little secrets that only a smart detective can bring to light.
Genre: Mystery
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