Marissa is kind, quirky, and accomplished she is also introverted, insecure, and – yes, she knows – just a wee bit stubborn. Tell us about your character Marissa and how you came to write her: We sat down with author Elizabeth Little to talk about her wonderfully imaginative murder mystery… Soon, things turn murderous, and Marissa finds herself playing detective in the editing room. And he might not be finished.Ī wickedly funny exploration of our cultural addiction to tales of murder and mayhem and a thrilling, behind-the-scenes whodunit, Pretty as a Picture is a captivating page-turner from one of the most distinctive voices in crime fiction.Pretty as a Picture is the story of Marissa, a shy but successful film editor, who takes a prestigious job on a closed island film set. The only problem is, the killer may still be on the loose.
Then she meets the intrepid and incorrigible teenage girls who are determined to solve the real-life murder that is the movie’s central subject, and before long, Marissa is drawn into the investigation herself.
And no one seems to know what happened to the editor she was hired to replace. Even the actors have figured out something is wrong. There are rumors of accidents and indiscretions, of burgeoning scandals and perilous schemes. She’ll spend her days in the editing room, doing what she does best: turning pictures into stories.īut she soon discovers that on this set, nothing is as it’s supposed to be–or as it seems. Whatever the script is, her job is the same. It’s not much to go on, but the specifics don’t concern Marissa. Marissa Dahl, a shy but successful film editor, travels to a small island off the coast of Delaware to work with the legendary–and legendarily demanding–director Tony Rees on a feature film with a familiar logline. “Funny, fast-paced, and a pleasure to read.” –The Wall Street JournalĪn egomaniacal movie director, an isolated island, and a decades-old murder–the addictive new novel from the bestselling author of Dear Daughter A Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, and CrimeReads Best Mystery Book of 2020
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