My True Love Lies

In this Golden Age mystery set in post-World War II California, an art student must determine who fits the mold of a killer.

The War is over, but only just, and San Francisco is still crammed with military uniforms. Of course, being San Francisco, it's also crammed with Bohemians (in a few years, they'll be known as Beatniks). Noel Bruce straddles both camps: By day she's a strait-laced driver for the Navy, but at night she lets her hair down and parties with her flamboyant art-school chums...