Alone, Loren D. Estleman
Alone, Loren D. Estleman
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Alone

Author: Loren D. Estleman

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2010

Synopsis

At a gala party held in memory of screen legend Greta Garbo, Hollywood film detective Valentino is having fun until the host, a hotshot developer named Rankin, tells Valentino about a certain letter from Garbo to his late wife. She and Garbo had been … close. Such a letter is of great interest to a film archivist like Valentino, but the plot thickens when Rankin tells Val that his assistant, Akers, is using this letter to blackmail him. Val is appalled by the thought of blackmail, but that letter sounds juicier all the time. Returning to Rankin's mansion after the party, Val finds Rankin sitting at his desk with a pistol in his hand, looking at Akers' dead body on the floor. Valentino is in a quandary, to say the least.

About Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman is an award-winning author of mainstream fiction, Westerns, criticism, and mysteries. He has written more than eighty novels, including in the Amos Walker, Page Murdock, and Peter Macklin series. He is the winner of four Shamus Awards, five Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, a Barry Award, the Elmer Kelton Award, two Stirrup Awards, and a Popular Fiction Magazine Outstanding Writer Award. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the Western Writers of America, the Private Eye Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Arts Alliance of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

About William Dufris

William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ted on January 10, 2010

I recently received an Advance Uncorrected Proof of ALONE by Loren D. Estleman. I had not heard of Mr. Estleman and was surprised see that he has written some 60 novels, and garnered quite a few awards. ALONE is the second in the ‘Valentino Mystery Series’. His hero, Valentino, is a film archivist w......more

Goodreads review by Frank on July 16, 2020

This is the second book in Estleman's series featuring Valentino, a UCLA film archivist or Film Detective. I really enjoyed the first entry in this series, Frames, which was about Valentino finding the fabled lost footage from the epic silent film Greed along with a dead body in an old movie theater......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on November 25, 2018

This series is about a man named Valentino who works with the UCLA film department to hunt down, save, and restore old films. He's jokingly called a "film detective" and is hard at work spending all of his earnings (and going into debt) restoring an old movie theater which he also lives in. In this n......more

Goodreads review by Craig on September 05, 2018

A workmanlike but not terribly exciting entry in Loren D. Estleman's amusing series about film archivist Valentino (no other name), who's trying to work his regular UCLA film studies job, restore an old theater to its former glory and court the lovely crime scene analyst he met in the first book, "F......more

Goodreads review by Rog on July 29, 2024

The author is a prolific writer who writes in several genres. I have read many of his gritty novels set in Detroit so was intrigued to see he had written a series set in Los Angeles. This is a light-hearted read with lots of humour featuring Valentino, a film archivist, who is a bit of an amateur det......more

Quotes

“Shamus-winner Estleman’s captivating second mystery to feature LA film detective Valentino focuses on legendary screen actress Greta Garbo…Readers will eagerly turn the pages.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“You’ll want to share this delightful Hollywood romp with others…The story’s a lot of fun, and William Dufris gives the lighthearted performance you’d expect. He makes the listener chuckle at all the goings-on right along with him.” AudioFile

“Estleman again ladles on the film history but nicely blends it into the plot. And his supporting cast, including the eccentric Professor Broadbent, supplies delicious comic relief. For anyone with an interest in Hollywood’s golden age, this series is a delight.” Booklist

“Second in a series that marks a pleasant departure for the estimable Estleman, who’s spent most of his sixty-plus novels on the dark side.” Kirkus Reviews

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