I'm working my way through a series of detective novels that are set in 1940 Hollywood. I think 2 dozen books, I'm on #3. Read a chapter a day.
The Toby Peters series, by Stuart Kaminsky. Peters does gumshoe work for the movie studios. A great gimmick for a series, because you don't have to do a lot of character description. When he meets and talks to Judy Garland, you can picture her from her movies. Don't need to describe her hair, voice, eyes, etc. The books are a blast if you like old movies. And it seems that they'll all take place over the course of a year or so. As soon as one case ends, he's hired by another studio to do another job. So I expect all of the books will take place in Golden Age Hollywood.
http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?t=703455
That's the series, if the link still works. Download that, uncompress it and use a reader like Mobipocket, and you're in business.
EDIT: Just finished watching the analysis. I liked it. Gave me some things to watch for next time. Thank you.
@ Rex.....FASCINATING...THANKS...
Books in this series:
1. Bullet for A Star (1977)
2. Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1978)
3. You Bet Your Life (1978)
4. The Howard Hughes Affair (1979)
5. Never Cross a Vampire (1980)
6. High Midnight (1981)
7. Catch A Falling Clown (1982)
8. He Done Her Wrong (1983)
9. The Fala Factor (1984)
10. Down for the Count (1985)
11. The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (1986)
12. Smart Moves (1987)
13. Think Fast, Mr. Peters (1988)
14. Buried Caesars (1989)
15. Poor Butterfly (1990)
16. The Melting Clock (1991)
17. The Devil Met A Lady (1993)
18. Tomorrow is Another Day (1995)
19. Dancing in the Dark (1996)
20. A Fatal Glass of Beer (1997)
21. A Few Minutes Past Midnight (2001)
22. To Catch a Spy (2002)
23. Mildred Pierced (2003)
24. Now You See It (2004)
More info here:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/stuart-m-kaminsky/ Download Instructions:
http://unlimitzone.com/ajdeyc6tncvv