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2) Mood indigo
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Edna Ferber and Noel Coward attempt to clear the name of a mutual acquaintence accused of murdering an aspiring Broadway actress.
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It's 1957, Fairbanks, Alaska and Jack Mabie claims to be the meanest man in the territory, having robbed and murdered his way through the gold rush days. When he is found beaten to death followed soon after by two more violent deaths, Edna believes the three murders are connected. Meanwhile, debates rage over potential statehood.
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A sweltering July in Chicago, 1923. Edna Ferber, now a famous short-story writer, is supposed to be researching the novel that will become So Big, her Pulitzer-Prize winner. With her mother, Julia, she spends the week visiting her mother's old childhood friend, Esther Newmann, who lives with her family on the edge of the bustling Maxwell Street Jewish marketplace. But the awful specter of a scandalous murder fifteen years before suddenly haunts Edna....
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"January 3, 1935. The trial opens in Flemington, New Jersey, for the man accused of the crime of the century. And Edna Ferber is there to cover it. 1932. On a windy March 1 night, Charles Lindbergh, America's hero, discovers that his twenty-month-old son has been snatched from his crib. A ransom is arranged. Yet two months later, Little Lindy is found in a ditch near his Hopewell home, several weeks dead from a blow to the head. It takes over two...
9) Make believe
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In June 1951, author Edna Ferber is in Hollywood to support Max Jeffries, an old friend who has been blacklisted as a Communist in the McCarthy hearings. Max was part of the new Hollywood production of the film Show Boat, based on Ferber's novel, but has now been expelled from the MGM lot and shunned by his friends. When Max ends up dead, Edna must search for answers. She plays sleuth quietly, becoming involved with not only Show Boat star Ava Gardner...
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