03366cam a2200361 4500 525585286 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400121519 1400121515 c6482100-bff8-41ea-ba8b-80c6264e99d8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 184977 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Abbott, Megan E., 1971- Die a Little [Libby Audiobook]. Tantor Media, Inc., 2005. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 182MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 182MB. HTML:<p>How does a respectable young woman fall into Los Angeles' hard-boiled underworld?</p> <p>Shadow-dodging through the glamorous world of 1950s Hollywood and its seedy flip side, Megan Abbott's debut, Die a Little, is a gem of the darkest hue. This ingenious twist on a classic noir tale tells the story of Lora King, a schoolteacher, and her brother Bill, a junior investigator with the district attorney's office. Lora's comfortable, suburban life is jarringly disrupted when Bill falls in love with a mysterious young woman named Alice Steele, a Hollywood wardrobe assistant with a murky past.</p> <p>Made sisters by marriage but not by choice, the bond between Lora and Alice is marred by envy and mistrust. Spurred on by inconsistencies in Alice's personal history and possibly jealous of Alice's hold on her brother, Lora finds herself lured into the dark alleys and mean streets of seamy Los Angeles. Assuming the role of amateur detective, she uncovers a shadowy world of drugs, prostitution, and ultimately, murder.</p> <p>Lora's fascination with Alice's "sins" increases in direct proportion to the escalation of her own relationship with Mike Standish, a charmingly amoral press agent who appears to know more about his old friend Alice than he reveals. The deeper Lora digs to uncover Alice's secrets, the more her own life begins to resemble Alice's sinister past -- and present.</p> <p>Steeped in atmospheric suspense and voyeuristic appeal, Die a Little shines as a dark star among Hollywood lights.</p> <p>"Ellen Archer takes Meghan Abbott's stylish exercise in noir and delivers a dynamite performance." --<i>AudioFile Magazine</i></p>. Literature. Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Archer, Ellen. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/184977-DieALittle.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/184977-DieALittle.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C6482100-BFF8-41EA-BA8B-80C6264E99D8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/184977-DieALittle.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/184977-DieALittle.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C6482100-BFF8-41EA-BA8B-80C6264E99D8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)