26 Miles (Santa Catalina) The Island of Romance
My husband, Will Zeilinger and I co-write the Skylar Drake Murder Mystery series, a hardboiled series that takes the reader to 1950s Los Angeles and other areas of the west. Our new book, Slick Deal, begins News Year's Eve 1956 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, The first murder and clues lead to Avalon, Catalina. Each one of our books required research not only for 1950s but for the location where the clues lead us. We spent a week on Catalina and found a great deal of information by visiting the libraries, museums and the Casino Ballroom. Every, I mean every, place we went to research mentioned the song with pride. I remember the song in 1958 and it's upbeat, catchy tune. So I looked it up. Unfortunately, it was too late for us to use it in the book but I enjoyed reading about, and listening to the song. After all the island is all about romance! 26 Mile...