Texas writer brings mayhem to the Hollywood Hills
“This one is for Liz, my incredible mother, who taught me from a very young age that it’s best to aspire to be an unlikable woman,” is the dedication at the start of May Cobb ’s 2023 thriller, the ironically titled. It’s also the type of advice that many of Cobb’s female characters, pro- and antagonists alike, heed with a little too much gusto.
“I wanted to task myself to do something different,” Cobb explains, “to see if I can create a setting that doesn’t involve pine trees.” Cobb combined that desire with her love of the L.A. in noir media, particularly the Hollywood Hills and their “twisty streets and switchback roads, you don’t know what’s coming around the corner.
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