The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside,Hollywood starlet Lana Turner seemed to have it all–a thriving film careera beautiful daughterand the kind of fame and fortune that most people could only dream of. But when the famous femme fatale began dating mobster Johnny Stompanatothug for the infamous west coast mob boss Mickey Cohenher personal life became violent and unpredictable. Lana’s teenage daughterCherylwatched her beloved mother’s life deteriorate as Stompanato’s intense jealousy took over. Eventuallythe physical and emotional abuse became too much to bearand Lana attempted to break it off with Johnny–with disastrous consequences. The details of what happened that fateful night remain foggybut it ended in a series of frantic phone calls and Stompanato dead on Lana’s bedroom floorwith Cheryl claiming to have plunged a knife into his abdomen in an attempt to protect her mother. The subsequent murder trial made for the biggest headlines of the yearits drama eclipsing every Hollywood movie. New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman pulls back Tinseltown’s velvet curtain to reveal the dark underbelly of celebrityrife with toxic masculinity and casual violence against womenand tells the story of Lana Turner and her daughterwho finally stood up to the abuse that plagued their family for years. A Murder in Hollywood transports us back to the golden age of film and illuminates one of the 20th century’s most notorious true crime tales.