KEEP
SANTA MONICA CLEAN
A Westside Noir
A screenwriter who gave up, an actress who didn’t, and a city being hacked to pieces.
A wildly entertaining take on Hollywood and the slime beneath the sparkle.
New to LA and fresh off his first spec sale, a screenwriter sits alone at Cabana, a bar in Santa Monica, California. Through a cloud of cigarette smoke, he spies a girl. Their eyes meet, and they connect instantly. If the screenwriter’s story were to end on this moment, it would have a happy ending.
Alas, shit happens as it is wont to do, and four years later, a storm is brewing over Hollywood. Cyber-attacks are decimating the studio system, exposing the secrets of everyone within it. The screenwriter, now a disaffected entertainment news blogger, unwinds with a whiskey in Cabana after a day spent investigating the hacks.
That is, until Grace Chase — the girl from four years prior, now the star of television’s Vampire Queen — requests his help when she’s blackmailed with incriminating photos. He’s reluctant to oblige. But Grace needs him, and he’s powerless to deny her, embarking on an odyssey across Los Angeles that will have him questioning everything about the girl he once knew and the industry that’s defined his life.
“Sharp narration and situation comedy blend with the genuine threat of the hackers and Hollywood itself to keep the pages turning.”
“The reluctant hero is one of many well-worn noir tropes Adam employs, but the author uses them well.”
The real goal isn’t fame, money, or awards. It’s leaving an attractive corpse.
Chapter Twelve
Los Angeles is powered by fear.
Chapter Twenty
In the photo, I’m smiling. In the reflection of the frame, I’m not.
Chapter Seven
LA may suck, but at least it has stakes.
Chapter One
Maybe you could write a psychological thriller about parking violations.
Chapter Nine
The Playlist
Apple MusicBars, sunsets, and driving on the 10. Listen to the sounds of Dante Lee’s Santa Monica.
Where to Buy
Paperback & ebook- Title
- Keep Santa Monica Clean — A Westside Noir
- Author
- Pasha Adam
- Genre
- Noir
- Publisher
- Post-Entropy
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 290
- ISBN-13
- 978-1-64606-945-3
