Publisher's Synopsis
Memorial Day, 1929.
A private investigator is found dead in the Palm Springs home of a Hollywood starlet. In the icebox - a reel of movie film. Detective Daniel Moretti's investigation takes him from the desert heat of Palm Springs and Joshua Tree to the cool ocean breezes of Long Beach. Along the way he crosses paths with the Hollywood elite - Chaplin, Barrymore, Stan Laurel, Lon Chaney. Persistence of Vision' is a taut noir thriller in the manner of Hammett, Chandler, and Ellroy. Its characters and locales are vividly drawn, and colorfully portray a time of great style and elegance.
