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Beach Reads with Marjorie Preston

Jun 6, 2024 | shorelocalnews.com | Cindy Fertsch |Marjorie Preston |Kelly Link |Casey Sherman

By Marjorie PrestonThe Book of LoveBy Kelly Link2024, Random HouseThere is a disturbing, dreamlike quality to “The Book of Love”—a real/not real feeling where characters appear, disappear, and change shape, and memory and mystery collide. It opens as three high school friends, Laura, Daniel and Mo, find themselves materializing—returning from some alternate existence—in the classroom of a favorite music teacher, Mr. Anabin.
New library books

Mar 23, 2024 | journalgazette.net | Gregg Olsen |Alex Hortis |Casey Sherman |Susan Zalkind

These true crime works are newly available through the Allen County Public Library.
Writer says Hollywood icon Lana Turner was a trailblazer, possibly a murderer

Mar 13, 2024 | exbulletin.com | Casey Sherman

SANDWICH 1958 crime photos show gangster Johnny Stompanato stabbed to death on the pristine white carpet of Hollywood movie star Lana Turner's home. Where is the blood? You don't die from a stab in the stomach without bleeding on the carpet. true crime author Casey Sherman said to a crowd of about a hundred people at Sandwich Public Library during a Feb. 29 presentation on his latest book, A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltowns Most Shocking Crime.
'They were feminists': Casey Sherman looks at Lana Turner, her daughter, dead gangster

Mar 13, 2024 | capecodtimes.com | Casey Sherman

SANDWICH — Crime photos from 1958 show mobster Johnny Stompanato stabbed to death on the pristine white rug in the home of Hollywood screen star Lana Turner. “Where’s the blood? You don’t die from being stabbed in the stomach without bleeding on the rug,” true crime author Casey Sherman told a crowd of 100 or so at Sandwich Public Library in a Feb.
A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Feb 29, 2024 | zip06.com | Casey Sherman

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman Did I read this book in one day? I did. Did I Google the actors and actresses of yesteryear as I read? I did. I spent an enjoyable day going back to a time when movie studios held influence over their starlets' lives. This is a great read, taking me on a journey back in time! Judi M., R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison
A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Feb 23, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Casey Sherman

There is nothing like a tale of old Hollywood for glamour, drama, dreams and…bloodshed. In the 1950s, stars and star makers, and gangsters and mafiosos, found their lives intertwined. From finances to romances, the famous and the infamous met, mingled and married in California and Las Vegas. The results were stormy at best and murderous at worst.
Parkland shooting survivor reflects on six years of change

Feb 14, 2024 | prweek.com | Casey Sherman

Carol Cone On Purpose associate Casey Sherman recounts how she’s dedicated her life to social impact and reflects on her personal growth since February 14, 2018. Six years ago today, I walked out of my high school in a line of my peers, hands above our heads, surrounded by a SWAT team. I was met with blinding sunlight, yellow tape and helicopters overhead. We piled our backpacks in the middle of the street, watching police dogs sniff through every one.
When Lana Turner Came for Joan Crawford's Crown as Queen of Hollywood

Feb 13, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Casey Sherman

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When Lana Turner Came for Joan Crawford's Crown as Queen of Hollywood

Feb 13, 2024 | mentalfloss.com | Casey Sherman

Glamour girl Lana Turner and gangster Mickey Cohen were both young and hungry. Each wanted to take over the Hollywood movie studios and the crime ridden streets of Los Angeles, but Lana and Mickey had two major obstacles standing in their way. In this excerpt from Casey Sherman’s A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime, we find Turner, a rising star, breathing down the neck of reigning MGM queen Joan Crawford, who would not give up her throne without a fight.