by Megan Abbott · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253134183
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«Absente» is the thriller by Megan Abbott, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (320 pages, in French).
In October 1949, actress Jean Spangler disappears after leaving home for a shoot in Hollywood; only her handbag remains in a park, along with rumours about stars and mobsters. Two years later, press agent Gil Hopkins takes up the case. Inspired by a true story, Megan Abbott delves into the underworld of classic Hollywood.
Original title: The Song Is You (2007); translation by Benjamin Legrand; LDP Thrillers collection.
For readers of suspense and true crime from Hollywood's golden age.
Megan Abbott is an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction and non-fiction analyses of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and reworked classic subgenres of crime writing from a female perspective.
