Casey Sherman

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime -- Casey Sherman, Hardcover

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"A wild ride beneath the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood, proving once again that Casey Sherman is a master of the genre."

--Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Dumb Money, Bringing Down the House, and The Accidental Billionaires

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown

From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turner seemed to have it all--a thriving film career, a beautiful daughter, and the kind of fame and fortune that most people could only dream of. But when the famous femme fatale began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato, thug for the infamous west coast mob boss Mickey Cohen, her personal life became violent and unpredictable. Lana's teenage daughter, Cheryl, watched her beloved mother's life deteriorate as Stompanato's intense jealousy took over. Eventually, the physical and emotional abuse became too much to bear, and Lana attempted to break it off with Johnny--with disastrous consequences. The details of what happened that fateful night remain foggy, but it ended in a series of frantic phone calls and Stompanato dead on Lana's bedroom floor, with Cheryl claiming to have plunged a knife into his abdomen in an attempt to protect her mother. The subsequent murder trial made for the biggest headlines of the year, its drama eclipsing every Hollywood movie.

New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman pulls back Tinseltown's velvet curtain to reveal the dark underbelly of celebrity, rife with toxic masculinity and casual violence against women, and tells the story of Lana Turner and her daughter, who finally stood up to the abuse that plagued their family for years. A Murder in Hollywood transports us back to the golden age of film and illuminates one of the 20th century's most notorious true crime tales.



Author: Casey Sherman
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 02/13/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9781728276502

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2023 pg. 98

Product Tags:

Biography & Autobiography, Casey Sherman, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Hardcover, Historical, Lana, Murder, Sourcebooks, True Crime, True Crime / Espionage, Turner

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