No Human Involved — Daniel Fox

Dive back into noir-laden Los Angeles.It's 1950. Ida Bly is back and this time she's living life large. Closing out the Skid Row Sally story has made her famous. She's chased by movie studio executives, wooed by silver screen sex symbols, and most importantly, respected as a top tier reporter. Yes sir, everything is finally coming up aces, and Los Angeles is hers.Or so she thought. A double-cross honey-trap draws Ida into the plight of a falsely-accused politician... and onto the scent of a phantom figure that owns businessmen, politicians, and members of the police department.Ida thought she knew everyone that was anyone in the city of angels, but she was dead wrong. And as Ida digs deeper, she makes more powerful enemies that are determined to keep her from peeking behind the city's biggest curtain.Can Ida cut the strings binding her town to the deadly puppet-master, or will she end up with them wrapped around her throat?