“In Palumbo’s riveting third Daniel Rinaldi mystery (after 2011’s FEVER DREAM), answers prove elusive as the murders begin to pile up. Palumbo ratchets up the stakes in this psychological thriller, but maintains the emotional complexity…” --- Publisher’s Weekly

Famous Pittsburghers: Gene Kelly

Born on August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gene Kelly was an American film actor and director whose athletic style and classical ballet technique transformed the film musical.

While he often was compared to another famous film dancer, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly had his own unique style. He brought dance into real life in his movies, performing largely in regular clothes and in common settings. "All of my dancing came out of the idea of the common man," Kelly once explained. He also produced some of film's most innovative and enthusiastic dance numbers, pushing the limits of the genre.

He boldly blended solo dancing, mass movement and offbeat camera angles to tell a story in purely visual terms. Kelly is remembered for his lead role in Singin' in the Rain, regarded by some as the best dance film ever made.




MARK YOUR CALENDARS SEPTEMBER 7TH!

Mystery Writers of America


The Southern California Chapter
off the Mystery Writers off America
presents a panel discussion

Moderated by DENNIS PALUMBO 


former Hollywood screenwriter (My Favorite Year; Welcome Back, Kotter),
now a licensed psychotherapist and author of the Daniel Rinaldi mystery
series

FEATURING...

How to Adapt Mystery Novels
Into Film and Television

Saturday, September 7
10:00 AM-12:00 PM


NICHOLAS MEYER
screenwriter of the film based on
his NYT best-selling novel,
The Seven Percent Solution;
he also wrote and directed
two Star Trek films

APRIL SMITH
writer of the TNT movie, Good
Morning, Killer, based on her
best-selling novel of the same
name; she was also a writer/
producer on TV's Cagney and Lacey)


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