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When a long-buried corpse is unearthed at the National Pictures Studio in Los Angeles, private investigator Rick Walker is called in to solve the thirty-year-old murder case. The white-haired chairman of the studio steps forward and commands everyone
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Books column by Tom Elliott
Mensa Bulletin (magazine)
July 2006 issue (page 15)
“BACKLOT REQUIEM: A Rick Walker Mystery” (ISBN 0-595-34128-4; 2005 6x9 pb 150 pages)
To borrow from the title of an old radio drama series, I love a mystery, and this one is short and sweet. Move over Raymond Chandler, [G.E.] Nordell's Rick Walker, P.I. has taken center stage. A ground-breaking ceremony at National Pictures Studios unearths a body, and Rick is called in to solve the 30-year-old murder. But the case is complicated by kidnapping thugs, mesmerizing women, dying suspects, and blackmail, and before he's through, Rick has uncovered shocking revelations about a dying film director and his wild daughters, a legendary film star of the silent screen, and a very discreet love affair.