I’ve been meaning to pick up A.K. Alliss’s Jimmy Dean’s Last Dance for some time. It’s got an interesting alternate history premise: in it, James Dean didn’t end up dying spectacularly in a car crash, but he’s not a big-time actor, either. In fact, it’s 1962 and he’s found himself somehow investigating what will be a certain murder…
Anybody, I’m about a fifth in, and so far it’s noir-y goodness. Scandal, death, murder, corruption, and what will probably be a horrible American musical scene. The book makes that clear, right from the start.
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