The Hollywood Sign Girl

This is a lonely town. You can die of loneliness.
Jack Martin is a struggling screenwriter living in a seedy L.A. hotel. Stumbling across the body of a young woman at the foot of the Hollywood sign he becomes a murder suspect. But when his alibi checks out and the LAPD drop the case he decides to investigate her story himself. His search takes him deep into the underbelly of Hollywood, a desert in Mexico, and the early days of silent movies.
The Hollywood Sign Girl paints a darkly humorous picture of guilt, alcoholism, and failed dreams. The story of a writer's compulsion to solve a real-life crime and exploit it as fiction. Jack Martin is a striking addition to the crime genre.