Twelve Porcelain Ghosts: A Dark L.A. Noir Thriller
TWO CITIES. TWO KILLERS. TWO GIALLI.
One double feature of murder, obsession, and deadly beauty.
TWELVE PORCELAIN GHOSTSLos Angeles, 1977
A woman is found murdered in her Alta Loma home. Beside her body sits a German porcelain doll, positioned as if it witnessed the crime.
For LAPD Homicide Detective Frank Oberto, the doll is the first sign of something far more disturbing. The trail leads through Los Angeles antiques shops, forgotten histories, and a killer who believes murder is a form of restoration.
Photographer Dana Marchetti may have caught the killer on film. There's just one problem: the photograph reveals only part of his face.
Then another woman receives a porcelain doll of her own.
Oberto knows what it means. The killer isn't finished.
MYSTERY OF THE BLACK ORCHIDSSan Francisco, 1978
A celebrated artist is murdered, her death staged like a work of art. At the scene, Detective Marcus Kell finds a clue that points to a series of carefully arranged killings, each marked by black orchids.
As Kell follows the trail through San Francisco's galleries, artists, musicians, and forgotten cases, he begins to see a pattern. Someone is composing these crime scenes with the precision of an artist and the knowledge of a detective.
The murders are telling a story. And Kell may be its intended audience.
TWO DETECTIVES. TWO CITIES. TWO KILLERS.From the rain-soaked streets of Los Angeles to the fogbound corners of San Francisco, Twelve Porcelain Ghosts & Mystery of the Black Orchids brings together two dark crime thrillers steeped in giallo, noir, pulp crime, and psychological horror.
Expect stylized murders, unsettling clues, vintage California, and killers who turn their crimes into something far more disturbing than a signature.
Two mysteries. Two killers. One double feature for readers who like their crime fiction dark, twisted, and steeped in atmosphere.
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