. "Mystery fiction" . . . . "When silent-film star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is accused of crushing an actress to death during a wild 1920s party, Pinkerton agent Dashiell Hammett struggles to sort out conflicting testimony from witnesses, while William Randolph Hearst's newspapers demand a guilty verdict."@en . "When silent-film star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is accused of crushing an actress to death during a wild 1920s party, Pinkerton agent Dashiell Hammett struggles to sort out conflicting testimony from witnesses, while William Randolph Hearst's newspapers demand a guilty verdict." . . . . "Suspense fiction" . . . . "\"San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel: girls, jazz, bootleg hooch ...and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her-- crushing her under his weight--and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict. But what really happened? Why do so many people at the party seem to have stories that conflict? Why is the prosecution hiding witnesses? Why are there body parts missing from the autopsied corpse? Why is Hearst so determined to see Arbuckle convicted? In desperation, Arbuckle's defense team hires a Pinkerton agent to do an investigation of his own and, they hope, discover the truth. The agent's name is Dashiell Hammett, the book's narrator. What he discovers will change American legal history--and his own life--forever.\"--container" . "Compact discs"@en . . . "Fiction"@en . . "Fiction" . . . . . . . . "MP3 (Audio coding standard)"@en . "MP3 (Audio coding standard)" . "Devil's Garden"@en . . "Biographical fiction"@en . "Biographical fiction" . "San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel: girls, jazz, bootleg hooch . . . and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her - crushing her under his weight - and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict." . . . . . "Fatty Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco when Virginia Rappe, an actress turns up dead. The D.A. is accusing Arbuckle and William Randolph Hearst is demanding a guilty verdict in his newspapers. Arbuckle's defense team hires Dashiell Hammett, a Pinkerton agent to help clear him. What Hammett discovers will change American legal history." . "Fatty Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco when Virginia Rappe, an actress turns up dead. The D.A. is accusing Arbuckle and William Randolph Hearst is demanding a guilty verdict in his newspapers. Arbuckle's defense team hires Dashiell Hammett, a Pinkerton agent to help clear him. What Hammett discovers will change American legal history."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Detective and mystery stories"@en . . "San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel: girls, jazz, bootleg hooch ... and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her-crushing her under his weight-and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict. But what really happened? Why do so many people at the party seem to have stories that conflict? Why is the prosecution hiding witnesses? Why are there body parts missing from the autopsied corpse? Why is Hearst so determined to see Fatty Arbuckle convicted? In desperation, Arbuckle's defense team hires a Pinkerton agent to do an investigation of his own and, they hope, discover the truth. The agent's name is Dashiell Hammett, and he's the book's narrator. What he discovers will change American legal history-and his own life-forever."@en . . . . . . "Noir fiction"@en . "Noir fiction" . . "Playaway"@en . "Audiobooks" . . "Audiobooks"@en . . . . "San Francisco, September 1921: Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel: girls, jazz, bootleg hooch ... and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her - crushing her under his weight - and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict."@en . . . . . "Devil's garden"@en . "Devil's garden" . . "Private investigators Fiction." . . "Actors Fiction." . . "San Francisco (Calif.)" . . "Trials (Homicide) California Fiction." . . "Hill, Dick" . . . . "Atkins, Ace" . . "Trials (Murder) California Fiction." . . "Motion picture actors and actresses Fiction." . . "MP3-CD." . .