Cold Desert Sky

No one wanted to say it to me, that the girls were dead. But I knew.

Late 1946 and Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Angeles, trying to stay anonymous in the city of angels.

But when Yates, back in his old job at the Pacific Journal, becomes obsessed by the disappearance of two aspiring Hollywood starlets, Nancy Hill and Julie Desjardins, he finds it leads him right back to his worst fear: legendary Mob boss Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, a man he once crossed, and whose shadow he can't shake.

As events move from LA to the burgeoning Palace of Sin in the desert, Las Vegas - where Siegel is preparing to open his new Hotel Casino, The Flamingo - Rod Reynolds once again shows his skill at evoking time and place. With Charlie caught between the FBI and the mob, can he possibly see who is playing who, and find out what really happened to the two girls?

Nimeni nu a vrut sa-mi spuna ca fetele au murit. Dar stiam. In 1946, Charlie Yates si sotia sa Lizzie s-au intors la Los Angeles, incercand sa ramana anonimi in orasul ingerilor. Dar cand Yates, inapoi in vechiul sau loc de munca la Pacific Journal, devine obsedat de disparitia a doi aspiranti la starletele de la Hollywood, Nancy Hill si Julie Desjardins, el gaseste ca il duce inapoi la cea mai grava frica a sa: legendarul sef Mob, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, un om pe care l-a trecut odata si a carui umbra nu poate sa-l scuture. LA la infloritorul Palat al Pacatului din desert, Las Vegas - unde Siegel se pregateste sa deschida noul sau Hotel Casino, Flamingo - Rod Reynolds isi arata din nou abilitatea de a evoca timpul si locul.