Description:
Megan Abbott strikes just the right note in this stunning successor to her Edgar-nominated Die a Little. A noir period piece, The Song Is You draws upon an actual unsolved 1949 Los Angeles murder, comparable to the notorious Black Dahlia case. Abbott takes on the studio culture as she postulates a plausible solution to the mystery. Enjoy the riffs and spare, hardboiled dialogue as you are transported to another time and place. You’ll want to put this one on replay. [LM]