Black Orchid: A Thriller

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The murder of one wannabe starlet may only be the beginning for a vicious killer.

When poor little New Hampshire rich girl Mindy Hollis gets lost in Los Angeles, her big sister hires private detective Ed Traynor to find her. Traynor and Holliss security chief, Jack McMahon, take off for Tinseltown to track down the aspiring actressbut they discover the only part she ever got was the one that killed her.

Their hunt for her killers takes them from the bowels of Mexico City to the glitz of Los Angeles, north to the set of The Black Orchid in Vancouver, and then back again to Hollywood, where the angels are dying in the dark. Its up to Ed and Jack to save them before the film fades to black.

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"In this hard-hitting crime novel...Hardacker keeps the action flowing all the way to the violent climax." --Publisher's Weekly

Praise for Vaughn C. Hardackers Sniper
Hardacker handles the action and the characters well and ties things together in a suspenseful manner. Kirkus Reviews
"In this hard-hitting crime novel...Hardacker keeps the action flowing all the way to the violent climax." --Publisher's Weekly

Praise for Vaughn C. Hardackers Sniper
Hardacker handles the action and the characters well and ties things together in a suspenseful manner. Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Vaughn C. Hardacker is a veteran of the US Marines, and he served in Vietnam. He holds degrees from Northern Maine Community College, the University of Maine, and Southern New Hampshire University. Hardacker is a member of the New England chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, and his short stories have been published in several anthologies. He is the author of Sniper and The Fisherman. He resides in Stockholm, Maine.