Secrets Can Cause Death.

Both of these stories were interesting in regards to the charaters and their stories. The areas provided suggested wealth and prestise with the people living in them. Even though, this was not always the case. Also secrets, and with secrets come lies and cover ups. I would reccommend "The Method" by Janet Fitch, located in Los Feliz to a friend. This story made you wonder until just about the end of it what was really going on. Richard aka Anthony Karras was very mysterious and a smooth man with a dark side that you could not put your finger on. Holly new something was not right from the minute she saw him. Yet as her curiosity rose to figure him out, as well as mine kept me wanting to read and see what his real agenda was. Fitch kept you wondering, was it theft, when and who was going to be murdered ( since this is neo-noir and death is a component) and what was the motive. We see a gender change as Richard assumes the male version of the femme fatale role. I liked this story better also because of the twist at the end when Holly discovered she was being manipulated. She did not take it well at all. I like mystery's like this, it makes you want to keep reading until you find out what the plot is really about. "Morocco Junction 90210" written by Pat Morrison located in Beverly Hill started out giving you a part of the plot with the information about the robberies. Even though it turned out Eloise's death was suicide and had nothing to do with the robberies, the indications of the plot were revealed as the story went along. Eloise had her own secrets and Minerva interest in intelligence gathering would reveal the true story. It was a good story, but I liked Fitch's better.