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“In ‘Griffin and the Dark Secret,’ author Curtis Scott Doty invents a new literary genre – the novella is a crime thriller blended together with a sci-fi fantasy story, all set against the more lurid side of 1950’s Hollywood. Imagine ‘Planet of the Apes’ meets ‘The Goonies.’ His entirely original concept – that the flying monkeys from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ were, in fact, living, breathing creatures, is written in vivid detail – the reader is in the same room, or should I say in the ‘same cave,’ with these fantastical cryptids as he/she reads along. One thing I can say for sure: after reading this book, you’ll never watch the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’ movie again in the same way!”
Dan Harary, Author and Veteran Hollywood Publicist
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Synopsis
Griffin Scott, the curious 12 year old from Los Feliz, meets Desiree Ellsworth, the wheel chair bound aging beauty who lives in the mysterious Ellsworth Estate, near his house. His Father, Detective Edward Scott, World War II vet and former beat cop, is investigating local crimes. Griffin and his loyal friend Weston Wainright, a private school geek, equally curious, but much more clever, are exploring the nearby Los Feliz hills, after being chased by some school bullies, when they meet a strange girl, who rescues them by hiding them in her lair, a storm drain on the dry LA River. Catherine “Cat” Mendoza is a Catholic School girl who leads a double life. This is drought stricken Southern California. The time is 1956, the day after the Wizard of Oz made its television debut introducing Dorothy, Toto, Glinda and the terrifying flying monkey army of the Wicked Witch of the West. The adventures of this new trio begin as Griffin befriends Desiree only to learn her glorious Hollywood past, the eclectic and deceased husband and their dark secret that lies below.
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“…They enter an expansive parlor, a bit run down. Memorabilia adorns the walls from better days, there are stacks of books everywhere. The prior grandeur was there but hidden beneath a patina of neglect.”
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