The Temple of Blue Light: A 1920s cozy historical murder mystery (A Twenties LA short story)

by Donna Daniel

Los Angeles in the 1920s is a New Athens, an American paradise of power and ambition. Former Great War nurse Marnie Frederickson now wields a Remington as a crime reporter. Incurably restless after her service in France, she finds the freedom she craves reporting in the many-faceted boomtown. Still haunted by her years as a nurse, she finds she has an affinity with the dead--she can't rest until she uncovers why they died.
In this short story, Marnie's restless spirit has her exploring the exotic religions of 1921 LA. But even there, death follows her. A young woman seeking enlightenment is murdered. Will Marnie figure out who did it before the killer strikes again?

31 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 22, 2014