On this day in music history - Reflections, by B.B. King (2003):

Reflections

Album by B.B. King,

released June 10, 2003.

Track list:

Exactly Like You; On My Word Of Honor; I Want A Little Girl; I’ll String Along With You; I Need You So; A Mother’s Love; (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons; Neighborhood Affair; Tomorrow Night; There I’ve Said It Again; Always On My Mind; Cross My Heart; What A Wonderful World.

On this day in music history - The Wild Heart, by Stevie Nicks (1983):

The Wild Heart

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released June 10, 1983.

Track list:

Wild Heart; If Anyone Falls; Gate and Garden; Enchanted; Nightbird; Stand Back; I Will Run to You - By Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty; Nothing Ever Changes; Sable on Blond; Beauty and the Beast.

On this day in music history - One of These Nights, by the Eagles (1975):

One of These Nights

Album by the Eagles,

released June 10, 1975.

Track list:

One of These Nights; Too Many Hands; Hollywood Waltz; Journey of the Sorcerer; Lyin’ Eyes; Take It to the Limit; Visions; After the Thrill Is Gone; I Wish You Peace.

On this day in music history - Singin' the Blues, by B.B. King (1957):

Singin’ the Blues

Album by B.B. King,

released June 10, 1957.

Track list:

Three O’Clock Blues; You Know I Love You; Woke Up This Morning (My Baby’s Gone); You Upset Me Baby; Please Love Me; Blind Love; Woke Up This Morning; You Know I Love You; Sweet Little Angel; Ten Long Years; Did You Ever Love a Woman; Crying Won’t Help You; Whole Lotta Meat (Bonus Track); I’m Cracking Up Over You (Bonus Track); I Stay in the Mood (Bonus Track); When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer (Bonus Track); Jump with You Baby (Bonus Track); Lonely & Blue (Bonus Track); Dark Is the Night PT 1 (Aka the Blues Has Got Me) (Bonus Track); Ruby Lee.

Born on this day – Manny Coto:

Manny Coto

Writer

Director

Producer

June 10, 1961 – July 9, 2023

Credits:

24 (2006–2010); 24 Season 6: Inside the Writers Room (2007); 24: Day Six - Debrief (2007); 24: Legacy (2016–2017); 24: Live Another Day (2014); 24: Redemption (2008); 24: Solitary (2014); 24-7: The Untold Story (2009); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); American Horror Stories (2021–2023); American Horror Story (2018–2022); Cover-Up (1991); Dead at 21 (1994); Dexter (2010–2013); Dr. Giggles (1992); Dr. Giggles: Special Edition (2023); Hostile Intent (1997); In Creative Company (2020); Inglorious Treksperts (2023); Jack in the Box (1989); Jack Is Back (2014); Mirror Universe: Part 2 (2008); Monsters (1989); Moving Pictures (1990); Next (2020); Odyssey 5 (2002–2003); Playroom (1990); Sidekick Vs Superhero (2013); Star Kid (1997); Star Trek Phase II (2007); Star Trek: Enterprise (2003–2005); Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016); Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen (2016); Strange World (1999–2002); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993); The ½ Hour News Hour (2007); The 29th Annual Imagen Awards (2014); The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022); The Exorcist (2017); The Other Me (2000); The Outer Limits (1995); The Playboy Morning Show (2014); The Writers' Room (2013); Zenon: The Zequel (2001).

Born on this day – Judy Garland:

Judy Garland

Actress

Singer

June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Alone (1957); Judy (1956); Judy Garland Second Souvenir Album (1943); Judy Garland Souvenir Album (1940); Judy in Love (1958); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Miss Show Business (1955); That's Entertainment! (1960); The Garland Touch (1962); The Letter (1959).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 100 Years of the London Palladium (2010); 13 Steps (2011); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 20/20 (2020); 3 Seconds (2016); 60 Minutes II / Segment – Classic: Judy (1999); 9 (2009); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood (1967); A Holiday in Storyland (1930); A Life in Words and Music (2007); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Star Is Born (1954); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Star Is Born: Special Features (2010); A Year in Music (2019); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Adam Neely (2021); Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); All You Need Is Love (1977); Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998); America at the Movies (1976); America in Color (2018); American Experience (2005–2009); American Masters (1987–2012); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004); Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci (2000); Arena (1994); Atop the Fourth Wall (2010–2014); Australia (2008); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2017); Babes in Arms (1939); Babes on Broadway (1941); Backstory (2001); Beauty (2022); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996); Before Stonewall (1984); Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt (2014); Biography (1995–2004); Bitte umblättern (1969); Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned (2014); Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Bubbles (1930); California's Gold (2010); Caramba! (1989); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Catch Me If You Can (2002); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); CBS: The Stars' Address (1963); Celebrity Page (2018–2019); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie Jade (2005); Cheap (2005); Christmas from Hollywood (2003); Contact (1997); Cruella (2021); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002); Dancing in Small Spaces (2014); Dead to Me (2019); Decàleg Ferran. Vida i poesia de Jaume Ferran (2019); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Doctors (2009); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Down with Love (2003); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (2001–2002); Easter Parade (1948); Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005); Electrical Power (1938); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Entertainment Tonight (1987–2024); Eterna Magia (2007); Euphoria (2022); Eva y Adán, agencia matrimonial (1990); Every Sunday (1936); Everybody Sing (1938); Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993); FDR (1982); Film Profile (1957); For Me and My Gal (1942); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Freunde fürs Leben (1997); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Gay Purr-ee (1962); General Electric Theater (1956); Gilmore Girls (2001–2005); Girl Crazy (1943); Good Morning Britain (2018); Great Performances (1985–2005); Great Romances of the 20th Century (1999); Gypsy (1965); Hanging Up (2000); Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe (1998); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016); Haunted Hotels of Hollywood (2018); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); Héros (2007); Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (2009); Hildegarde (2001); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Greats (1978–2001); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Treasures (2018); Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019); Hollywood, Unapologetic! (2017); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998); Hollywood's Children (1982); How We Used to Live (1982); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Could Go on Singing (1963); If I Forget You (1940); Il partigiano Johnny (2000); In the Cool of the Day (1963); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004); Independent Lens (2005); Inside (2007); Inside Edition (2015–2024); Inside Edition Weekend (2021–2022); Jack Paar Comes Home (1986); Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003); Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls (1968); James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984); Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin' With Frank & Bing (2014); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet (1963); Judy and Liza at the Palladium (1964); Judy Garland Duets (2005); Judy Garland in Concert (1964); Judy Garland: Scandalized (2020); Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997); Judy in a Land Called Oz (1992); Junket Whore (1998); Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012); La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935); Legends of Entertainment Video (1995); Les couples mythiques du cinema (2019); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Life on Mars (2009); Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001); Listen, Darling (1938); Little Nellie Kelly (1940); Little Nicky (2000); Little Voice (1998); Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024); Look Me Over: Liberace (2021); Love Find Andy Hardy Intro (2004); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Lovecraft Country (2020); Lucy and Desi (2022); Lynch/Oz (2022); Madame K (2018); Made in America (1993); Making the Boys (2011); Martine (2002); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Meet the Stars #4: Variety Reel #2 (1941); Memories of Oz (2001); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's World Famous Musical Hits! (1962); MGM Christmas Trailer (1937); MGM Parade (1955–1956); MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (1997); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Mildred Pierce (2011); Milk (2008); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Molly (1999); Moments in Music (1950); Mondo Trasho (1969); Monte Video (1994); More of 'the Best of the Hollywood Palace' (1993); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); Moviestar Cartoons (1983); Mr Selfridge (2013); Mrs. America (2020); MsMojo (2019–2023); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); Nana Mouskouri - Momente ihres Lebens (2020); NBC News on Stage (2006); Nostalgia Greats (1982); Omnibus (1972); On Broadway Tonight (1965); Ondas (1986); Our World (1987); Oz Tribute: The Art of Imagination (2005); P.S. I Love You (2007); Pageant (2008); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Pepe (1960); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1966); Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz (1995); Pigskin Parade (1936); Pop Utopia (2020); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz (2005); Private Screenings (2006); Quantum Leap (1991); Queens of Heartache (2006); Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs (1998); Quotidien (2020); Radio Star - die AFN-Story (1995); Rainbow: Black Masquerade (2013); Rainbow: Japan Tour (1984); Rainbow: Live Between the Eyes (1982); Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977 (2006); Rainbow: Memories in Rock (2016); Red Cross Fund Program (1951); Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005); Rituals and Resolutions (1999); Robert Capa: The Man Who Believed His Own Legend (2004); Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2019); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953); Sex and the City (2008); Sex 'n' Pop (2004); Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Sid & Judy (2019); Silver Rainbow (2009); Six by Sondheim (2013); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son (2004); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2014); Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (1999); Songs That Won the War (1994); Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (1960); Steve Reviews (2019); Stonewall (1995); Strictly G.I. (1943); Strike Up the Band (1940); Summer Stock (1950); Super 8½ (1994); Superstore (2016); Surviving Christmas (2004); Svaki put kad se rastajemo (1997); Swan Song (2021); Taking Woodstock (2009); Television's Christmas Classics (1994); Terms of Endearment (1983); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The '70s (2000); The Andy Williams Show (1965); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Revue (1929); The Boys (2022); The Bread (2008); The Cat in the Hat (1971); The Clock (1945); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Ed Sullivan Show (1963–1966); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Family Stone (2005); The Fazbear Records (2023); The Final Redpill (2022); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Game Show Show (2023); The Good Life (2007); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Hollywood Palace (1965–1970); The Judy Garland Show (1962); The Knickerbocker Beer Show (1953); The Last Performance (1970); The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000); The Lego Movie (2014); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Linkletter Show (1964); The London Palladium Show (1969); The Long Day Closes (1992); The Long Firm (2004); The Lost Daughter (2021); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Man in the High Castle 2016–2018); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Movies (2019); The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012); The Next Best Thing (2000); The Night Before Christmas (1957); The Nightclub Years (2001); The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021); The Pirate (1948); The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest (2007); The Project (2024); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Sixties (2014); The Soupy Sales Hour (1966); The Tonight Show (1954); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962–1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Twentieth Century (1964); The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991); The Wedding of Jack and Jill (1930); The Whimsical World of Oz (1985); The Wizard of Lies (2017); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The X-Files (1999); The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (2009); Them (2021); This Hour Has Seven Days (1965); Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937); Thousands Cheer (1943); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Timeless: Live in Concert (2001); 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today (1967); Today Tonight (2009); Too Young to Die (2015); Toys of Anti-Christ (2011); True Blood (2008); Twenty Years After (1944); Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2018); Un paseo por el tiempo (1995); Unapologetic with Amala Ekpunobi (2023); Underworld Histories (2007); Upstairs Downstairs (2012); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1963); Vegas (2012); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); Vito (2011); Wait in the Wings (2020); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); We Must Have Music (1941); Werewolf by Night (2022); What's My Line? (1967); When the Applause Died (1990); Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell (2006); Wonder Boys (2000); Words and Music (1948); You Must Remember This (2016); You'll Never Walk Alone (2017); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004).

Born on this day – Saul Bellow:

Saul Bellow

Writer

June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005

Credits:

Books:

A Theft (1989); Collected Stories (1992); Conversations with Saul Bellow (1994); Dangling Man (1944); Granta 10 (1984); Great Jewish Short Stories (1985); Henderson the Rain King (1959); Herzog (1964); Him With His Foot in His Mouth (1984); Humboldt's Gift (1975); It All Adds Up (1994); Leaving the Yellow House (2018); Letters (2010); More Die of Heartbreak (1987); Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories (1968); Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970); Novels 1944–1953 (2003); Novels 1956–1964 (2007); Novels 1970–1982 (2010); Novels 1984–2000 (2015); Ravelstein (2000); Recent American Fiction (1963); Seize the Day (1956); Settling My Accounts Before I Go Away (2013); Something to Remember Me By (1990); Summations (1987); Technology and the Frontiers of Knowledge (1974); The Actual (1997); The Adventures of Augie March (1953); The Bellarosa Connection (1989); The Dean's December (1982); The Good Parts (2000); The Last Analysis (1965); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Portable Saul Bellow (1974); The Victim (1947); There Is Simply Too Much to Think about (2015); To Jerusalem and Back (1976); Wonderful Town (2000); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); Writers on Writing (2001); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1975); American Masters (2022); Apostrophes (1982); Arena (1993); Bookmark (1998); Das Mal - Orangen-Soufflé (1969); Hanly's People (1991); I klemme (1968); In Search of Identity (1980); Izvlacenje (1967); Life Itself (2014); Money (2016); New Release (1966); Orange soufflé (1968); Personal Reflections (1969); Puerto Rico / Q for Quest (1961); Release (1969); Seize the Day (1986); The Adventures of Saul Bellow (2021); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); Ut av klemmen (1968); Von unten hervor (1969); Zelig (1983).

Born on this day – Hattie McDaniel:

Hattie McDaniel

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Comedian

June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019); Affectionately Yours (1941); Alice Adams (1935); America in Color (2018); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anniversary Trouble (1935); Another Face (1935); Arbor Day (1936); Are You Listening? (1932); Babbitt (1934); Banda sonora (2008); Battle of Broadway (1938); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Beulah (1952); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Blonde Venus (1932); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Carefree (1938); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); China Seas (1935); City Park (1934); Classified X (2007); Corazón de... (2006); Crooner (1932); Deep South (1930); Democracy Now! (2010); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Everybody's Baby (1939); Explained (2018); Family Honeymoon (1948); Fate's Fathead (1934); 45 Fathers (1937); Flirtation (1934); Gentle Julia (1936); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Gone with the Wind (1939); Good-bye Love (1933); Harmony Lane (1935); Hello, Sister! (1933); Hi, Beautiful (1944); High Tension (1936); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hypnotized (1932); I'm No Angel (1933); Imitation of Life (1934); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); John Ford (1992); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Judge Priest (1934); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Libeled Lady (1936); Little Men (1934); Lost in the Stratosphere (1934); Margie (1946); Maryland (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937); Mickey (1948); Mickey's Rescue (1934); Mississippi Moods (1937); Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993); Murder by Television (1935); Music Is Magic (1935); Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985); Never Say Goodbye (1946); Next Time We Love (1936); Nothing Sacred (1937); Of Black America (1968); Okay Toots! (1935); Operator 13 (1934); Over the Goal (1937); Postal Inspector (1936); Quick Money (1937); Racing Lady (1937); Reunion (1936); Roots Remembered (2007); Saratoga (1937); Saratoga (1937); Show Boat (1936); Since You Went Away (1944); Sky Racket (1937); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Song of the South (1946); Star for a Night (1936); Thank You Hattie (2021); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Big Wheel (1949); The Boiling Point (1932); The Bride Walks Out (1936); The Chases of Pimple Street (1934); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The First Baby (1936); The Flame (1947); The Four Star Boarder (1935); The Golden West (1932); The Great Lie (1941); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Ingraham Angle (2020); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Colonel (1935); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Male Animal (1942); The Movies (2019); The Oscars (2017); The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (2021); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Singing Kid (1936); The Washington Masquerade (1932); The Watermelon Woman (1996); The Wildcatter (1937); The Young and the Dead (2000); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); They've Gotta Have Us (2018); This Our Life (1942); Three Is a Family (1944); Transient Lady (1935); Traveling Saleslady (1935); True Confession (1937); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936); Vivacious Lady (1938); We're Only Human (1935); Wig-Wag (1935); You Must Remember This (2014); Zenobia (1939).

Recommended reading - The Ferguson Affair, by Ross Macdonald (1960):

The Ferguson Affair

By Ross Macdonald.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

First published 1960.

ISBN-10:030774079X

ISBN-13: 9780307740793

Description:

It was a long way from the million-dollar Foothill Club to Pelly Street, where grudges were settled in blood and Spanish and a stolen diamond ring landed a girl in jail.  Defense lawyer Bill Gunnarson was making the trip – fast.  He already knew a kidnapping at the club was tied to the girl's hot rock, and he suspected that a missing Hollywood starlet was the key to a busy crime ring.  But while Gunnarson made his way through a storm of deception, money, drugs, and passions, he couldn't guess how some big shots and small-timers would all end up with murder in common...

Margaret Atwood, on books and reading:

Books are frozen voices,

in the same way that musical scores are frozen music.

The score is a way of transmitting the music to someone who can play it,

releasing it into the air where it can once more be heard.

And the black alphabet marks on the page represent words that were once spoken,

if only in the writer's head.

They lie there inert until a reader comes along and transforms the letters into living sounds.

The reader is the musician of the book:

each reader may read the same text,

just as each violinist plays the same piece,

but each interpretation is different.

– Margaret Atwood.