{"product_id":"2940152051940","title":"Murder In Babylon: A Novel Based on Fact","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Druxman has taken Hollywood's most famous murder mystery and turned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit into a fascinating narrative that is so evocative of 1920’s Tinseltown. His\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efictional \"hero\" guides us on a factual journey that not only reveals why the case\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremains officially unsolved -- but also identifies the killer!\" -- Thomas B. Sawyer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– MURDER, SHE WROTE Head Writer\/Showrunner, bestselling author of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCROSS PURPOSES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the evening of February 1, 1922, silent film director William Desmond Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas shot to death in his Los Angeles home. The murder, coming on the heels of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fatty” Arbuckle scandal, shocked the Hollywood community and the country, resulting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein reform groups labeling the film capital a “modern day Babylon,” and demanding that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emovies be censored or, in some communities, even banned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe murder itself was never “officially” solved, but subsequent revelations about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe director’s unsavory past, as well as his recent secret activities that took him into the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles underworld, would keep the case alive in the nation’s press for almost two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecades, and because of their relationship with Taylor, effectively end the careers of two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epopular screen stars, Mabel Normand and Mary Miles Minter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Birnbaum, a reporter for the Los Angeles Dispatch at the time of the murder,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecovered the Taylor case for almost two decades; once almost being killed for his efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis posthumous memoir details his day-to-day investigation to unravel Hollywood’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emost baffling mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122609012976,"sku":"2940152051940","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152051940_p0.jpg?v=1764017807","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152051940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}