Scandal in Babylon, Barbara Hambly
Scandal in Babylon, Barbara Hambly
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Scandal in Babylon

Author: Barbara Hambly

Narrator: Pilar Witherspoon

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/07/2021


Synopsis

“You shall never have a penny of my money. Leave me alone or I will shoot you dead!”

1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint—even if her late husband’s sister is one of the worst actresses she’s ever seen. Looking after
Kitty and her three adorable Pekinese dogs isn’t work academically mindedEmma dreamed of, but Kitty rescued her when she was all alone in the world. Now, the worst thing she has to worry about is the shocking historical inaccuracies of the films Kitty stars in.

Until, that is, Rex Festraw—Kitty’s first husband, to whom she may or may not still be married—turns up dead in her dressing room, a threatening letter seemingly from Kitty in his pocket.

Emma’s certain her flighty but kindhearted sister-in-law has been framed. But who by? And why? From spiteful rivals to jealous boyfriends, the suspects are numerous. But as Emma investigates, she begins to untangle a deadly plot—and
there’s something Kitty’s not telling her …

About Barbara Hambly

Barbara Hambly is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. After receiving a master's degree in medieval history, she published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun-Cross, and Sun Wolf and Starhawk, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.

Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah

I loved Barbara Hambly’s Bride of the Rat God, a fantasy set in Roaring 1920s Hollywood. Now she returns to that era, with its glamorous silent film stars, bootleggers, gangsters, drug use, widespread corruption, and the frenzied exuberance that followed World War I. In this story, a murder mystery......more

Goodreads review by Jake

If this was a book by a new author, I probably would’ve given it 4-stars. But Hambly is a vet and I think it’s ok to have a slightly higher expectation for her. She does a great job bringing 20s Hollywood to life and the mystery is decent. But her protagonist’s backstory takes up way too much space.......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

This is a review of the audio version of Scandal in Babylon, book #1 in the Silver Screen series, by Barbara Hambly and narrated by Pilar Witherspoon. Barbara Hambly has been one of my favorite authors ever since I read her first fantasy book. The characters are always well developed with complete b......more

Goodreads review by Lorena

This was kind of like "Bride of the Rat God" played straight, and frankly, I preferred the version with rat gods. The characters seemed a little thin here, and I wasn't all that invested in them.......more