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Queen of Camellia Court is a Southern gothic noir steeped in heat, guilt, and long-buried sins.Camellia Court is a fading roadside motel on the edge of nowhere, a place people come to disappear—or to be reborn under a different name. Its bungalows bake beneath the southern sun, its neon flickers at night, and its walls remember everything. Especially Room Six. Mavis LaRue rules this crumbling kingdom with a steady hand and a watchful eye, presiding over a transient population of drifters, dreamers, war-haunted men, and women running from their pasts. But when a troubled stranger arrives ...

This is the untold story of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s “Lost Weekend.” In September 1959, in the midst of filming the latest in a long line of movies, the brightest star in the celebrity universe disappears. Simply vanishes. The police say kidnapping. The movie-mags think secret tryst. Friends fear a mental breakdown. All the while, his agents and handlers are furiously attempting to keep the entire saga under wraps and hidden from millions of adoring fans. But behind it all, there is a mysterious but beautiful story of love and promise set in rural Mississippi. Hilarious in ...

Martin Milton Madellbaum—or Fartin’ Martin as he was un-affectionately called by the very few people who knew him or even cared to—worked in Room 246 on the thirteenth floor of a corporate mega-tower at a company for whom he was invisible. Daily pushing his mail cart mindlessly, as if on a pre-determined and unchangeable track, his life was lived out in a human habitrail of obscurity. There was no present, no future for poor Martin. Or was there? What whizzed and whirred under that mask of blank expression? Against a backdrop of corporate greed and abusive power, one simple man ...

It was the summer of 1963 and one movie crashed into the world of teen America. After that, nothing would ever be the same. With babes in bikinis and tanned, muscled guys slicing through Southern California waves, the "Beach Blanket" phenomena exploded onto the scene and instantly everyone in America—from Minneapolis to North Platte—became a bitchin’ beach boy or a bronzed beach bunny. That was the first of eleven memorable surf movies that rewrote the script for an entire generation.Then came along Comic-Con and the 35th Reunion of the cast of those cult classics and, well, no one ...

Val was just like any suburban housewife in 1947—counting the minutes until her loving and devoted husband finished his shift. She fills her time by cleaning, playing records, listening to radio dramas—exhausted but satisfied, and most definitely in love. Making fresh coffee to fortify herself through this long evening, however, she is unaware that not all dangers announce themselves or just walk through the front door. The House Guest is a classic-styled psychological thriller that revives the elegant menace of mid-century suspense for a contemporary audience—where obsession enters ...

On a fog-swept night on the ledge of the Golden Gate Bridge, a despondent man—about to be indicted for embezzlement and ready to end it all—is stopped by a mysterious woman in a silk scarf and evening gloves. She is Celeste Ainsley, the glamorous wife of a wealthy and powerful financier. Struck by his despair and intrigued by his calm resignation, she persuades him to come home with her instead of jumping. At her palatial Marin estate, the man—Miles Redding is offered a second chance: a bailout from his money troubles by her philanthropist husband who believes in second chances. But ...

When a self-absorbed executive gets stranded in the snow in the Rocky Mountains during a blizzard, he hikes to a nearby cabin in order to survive. There he is greeted by an old man who invites him to wait out the storm and to join him and his other friends for what they call their Game Night. All of the men turn out to be retired legal minds—judge, defense attorney, bailiff, investigator, and prosecutor. In the cold, winter evenings, they stage mock trials and argue both sides. What this stranger does not know is that the men have put the stranger on trial for a crime demanding the death ...

On a very ordinary day in a very ordinary year, Aaron Matheson, successful Chicago ad-man, unearthed a journal from a dusty box that he had written in 1967 at the end of his high school era. During evenings it offered an interesting diversion as he followed the same dates—exactly 50 years apart—until his two worlds inexplicably began to merge. Simultaneously thrilling and terrifying, Aaron enjoys dipping his toe back into memories of growing up in a carefree beach town during the fascinating sixties, but soon realizes the dangers of time travel for each trip back takes a piece of his ...

As World War II rages throughout the globe, safely tucked away in one-of-a-kind cottage carved out of the cliffs of Monterey, California, is the serene and secure Casa Encanta. Its only inhabitants are two lonely women—a spinster with secrets and a young college student with dreams. But all of that changes when a dashing and delightful officer arrives on the scene with his betrothed to reserve their honeymoon suite. Then, without warning, fate intervenes and the worlds of everyone are turned upside down—some for better, some for worse—in this moving, picturesque novel. "If you are a ...

When Grace Kirkman’s husband disappears under suspicious circumstances, she plays the grieving wife with convincing ease—but behind her perfect smile lies a calculating mind. As the investigation unfolds, Lieutenant Peroski begins to suspect the crime scene was staged, the body moved, and the truth artfully concealed. Grace, a poised 1950s housewife with a dark streak, knows just how to deflect suspicion while maintaining her grip on control—and her secrets. With the case growing colder and Peroski’s gut telling him something’s off, a deadly game of cat and mouse emerges. Is Grace...

Vacationing in a five-star resort in the Rocky Mountains, film mogul Kenneth Edward Westland and his new, young wife, Delilah, find themselves trapped in the hotel after he becomes ill during a raging snowstorm. The resort, now abandoned for the winter, proves to be the last piece of the puzzle in a plot for Delilah to murder her husband and gain his fortune.

Twin brothers—polar opposites—are on a collision course and only one of them will survive. As Hurricane Katrina bears down on New Orleans, older brother Mickey—of the cover band "Mickey Finn and the Fireballs”—is drinking his way from gig to gig while younger brother Elliott has become a millionaire through the family business. But then it dawns on Mickey that he could easily assume his brother’s life if only…

Della Adderly was a 20-something aspiring art director who was anxious to make her mark in the advertising world of the late 1960s. Tired of laboring behind men who took the credit for her work, she took a risk and strode into the office of Miss Veronica Landon—a sharp, no-nonsense creative director for one of the fastest-rising agencies in Manhattan—and demanded an interview.

The author’s novel—embedded into Final Draft—is the story of a hardboiled crime reporter who figures out a plot to seduce and marry a dying heiress in order to gain her fortune. His plan, however, is beset with challenges and he finds himself in an ever darker, ever deepening maze of intrigue...something the author suddenly seems unable to escape himself as the writer’s fiction merges with his own life.

When a couple of young, listless losers pull off a Vegas’ slots casino heist and go on a wild run through the Mojave Desert, they find refuge in the cabin of an old man who has weathered many a decade. He tells them of an even greater score—the legend of a Spanish Galleon marooned in the desert sands that is filled with gold and jewelry.

The world’s most famous murder mystery writer has come up with an idea for his latest masterpiece, and it has his heart pounding. Creating a plot outline, he decides to live the story out himself to experience the pure emotions and unfiltered reactions he is craving…and to strike revenge on an old classmate for a perceived past hurt.

A terrific train accident momentarily confuses the identities of some of the victims as they are scattered throughout local hospitals. Piecing together bits of information that survived, the nurses determine Birdie Barrington to have lost her newlywed husband in the crash. But is the surviving Bride really his wife or is it an opportunistic woman assuming her identity to inherit the riches and the lifestyle belonging to him.

Set in the wild and unpredictable world of the 1960’s college campus life, a young and quite hip professor falls for a carefree student and they take off for a summer road trip to enjoy nature and explore untouched worlds by following the Appalachian Trail as it winds through several states. Their attempt to “discover themselves," however, takes some wicked turns as they encounter odd and indecipherable strangers along the way—some of which introduce new terrors to their relatively tranquil lives.

As Scruff Sanders struggles with the challenges of being manipulated by disguised power as well as the rewards of becoming a national celebrity, his own integrity is put to the test. Puzzled by who to trust, his life, his career, and his values are put in the crucible. The wrong answer might cost him everything. But is there a right answer? With the presidential election looming, decisions must be made.

When a woman sees a dead body across the way through the window in her Manhattan apartment, she is desperate for others to believe her. Unfortunately no one else can see what she does and it begins to drive her to desperation. In the spirit of old radio dramas of the 1940s, the heart-pounding mystery unravels delightfully until the surprising conclusion is reached. Carole Carson—a fading movie star—slowly loses her mind while surrounded by a colorful cast of unique characters who either are helping to calm her nerves or are consciously driving her insane.