Mystery At The Blue Sea Cottage: A True Story of Murder in San Diego's Jazz Age

Set in Jazz Age San Diego against the backdrop of yellow journalism notorious Hollywood scandals Prohibition corruption and a lively culture war Mystery At The Blue Sea Cottage tells the intriguing true crime story of a beautiful dancer a playboy actor and a debonair doctor.In January 1923 20-year-old Fritzie Mann left home for a remote cottage by the sea to meet a man whose identity she had revealed to no one. The next morning the barely clad body of the beautiful and bewitching dancer washed up on lonely Torrey Pines beach her party dress and possessions strewn about on the sand.The scene baffled investigators. Was it suicide murder or an accidental drowning? A botched autopsy created more questions than it answered. However the investigation revealed a scandalous secret and possibly a powerful motive for murder.After a suspect was arrested and charged with murder an ambitious district attorney battled a high-profile L.A. private counsel in the most sensational trial in San Diegos history that was followed avidly across the nation. The big question: What really happened at the Blue Sea Cottage?