The Pictures

Guy Bolton

May 2017 · Detective Craine Book 1 · Bolinda · Narrated by Adam Sims

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Hollywood 1939. The year that The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were made. Detective Craine has spent his life working as a studio fixer, whitewashing the misdemeanours and crimes committed by the studio players and stars. But now he's trying to turn his back on that life following the recent death of his wife as he's determined to be a better parent to his young son. But then Craine's services are called upon one last time. MGM need him to smooth over the press coverage of the suicide of one of their producers. And soon, what should be a straightforward case proves anything but when connections are made between it and a brutal murder across town. And that's just the start of the story. It's only a matter of time before Craine must decide whether to follow orders, or to attempt to redeem a career of concealment by going in search of the ugly truth. It's a choice he knows that cannot end well.

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Guy Bolton lives in London. After graduating with a 1st in Film & Literature from Warwick University, he worked in corporate video, music promos and television. Tidy, Hat Trick and Tiger Aspect are among the production companies who have optioned Guy's work. He's developing these projects for broadcasters as well as building a slate of spec projects and pitches for Film and Television. Guy's first novel The Pictures is a detective thriller set in 1930s Hollywood.

Adam Sims is a LAMDA-trained stage, film and voice actor. His recordings for radio include BBC's The World According to Humphrey and The Salamander Letter. He is also the narrator of numerous audiobooks, including titles by Haruki Murakami, Louise Penny and Max Brooks. Sims’s film and theatre credits include Band of Brothers (HBO), Lost in Space, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park) and Snake in Fridge (Manchester Royal Exchange), for which he won the award for Best Actor at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.

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