Entertainment to Die For

Are a famous director and an illustrious screenwriter best buddies or vindictive rivals? Why does an all-Black cast shooting a vampire movie find their star a bit…lethal? Can revenge last in the entertainment world even into the retirement home? How does a glamorous bartender in a Hollywood tiki bar track the clues in a murder when it looks like a natural death?

In Entertainment to Die For, a Sisters in Crime Los Angeles anthology, you will find stories by first-time authors and stories by multi-published authors—all are killers (on the page, anyway). Sleuth along with the sleuths in these 18 suspenseful tales and solve the mysteries. Each story is a gem. Enjoy!

Introduction by Sisters in Crime founder and best-selling author, Sara Paretsky.

Originally from London, James T. Bartlett has been living in Los Angeles since 2004.

As a travel and lifestyle journalist and historian, he has written for the Los Angeles Times, BBC, Los Angeles Magazine, ALTA California, High Life, Frommers, Crime Reads, Career Authors, Jungle Red Writers, Hemispheres, Westways, American Way, Atlas Obscura, The Guardian, Daily Mirror, Real Crime, Whitechapel Journal, FAMILIA, History Ireland, Bizarre and Variety, among others.

In 2022 he published true crime book The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story that Shocked America examines a sensational 1953 murder, sex and race scandal that began in then-territorial Fairbanks, Alaska, ended with a suicide in a Hollywood hotel, and hit the pages of Life, Newsweek, Ebony, Jet, and the pulp detective magazines.
 
In 2012 he published Gourmet Ghosts - Los Angeles, an alternative guide to the history and ghost stories behind some of the city's oldest bars, restaurants and hotels, while 2016's Gourmet Ghosts 2 focused on true crimes at more of L.A.'s notable locations and eateries. The books led to appearance on shows including Ghost Adventures and The UnXplained.