"Hollywood is glitter and gutter. Some make it to the top and stay there, basking in the splendor of it, while others hit bottom and are engulfed by the ugliness of it." -- Catherine Winter, Private Investigator

The stalking of two young professional print models leads private investigator Catherine Winter into the dark and dirty shadows of Hollywood's entertainment elite. Portraits of these people become distorted and out of focus as murder, pornography, illicit drugs, and blackmail, color the view while Catherine searches for truth.

Catherine, now widowed and in her early sixties, insists, "As long as arthritis doesn't lock up my joints or cataracts don't keep my eyes from hitting the bulls-eye with a .357 slug then my shingle will stay on my door-C. Winter, Private Investigator."

She works closely with Los Angeles Police Department and enjoys a romantic relationship with Homicide Commander John Anderson. Although at times considered a little outrageous, she has the respect of police officers she has worked with in her long career. She has seen it all and does not flinch when up against the criminal world. Determined, open minded, she relies on her intuition in investigative work.

"In this business you try your best to harden yourself to looking death straight in the eye but every time you are forced to face it you realize how damn vulnerable each of us are." -- Catherine Winter, California Private Investigator

"Linda Pendleton's first private-eye novel, Shattered Lens, is a brilliant debut." -- Richard S. Prather, author of the Shell Scott Mystery Series.

"I enjoyed Shattered Lens very much. Catherine Winter is a good private investigator. I look forward to more stories." -- R. A., Southern California

"Great! Another page turner I couldn't put down. I really enjoyed the main character, Catherine Winter, Private Investigator. Interesting, no nonsense, but fun, well rounded older gal. She is just as interesting and sexy as the younger ones. She's also a great detective. Meets up with some interesting characters to solve this crime of murder. Of course things are never as easy or clear as they seem. You will definitely enjoy this one." -- Anne L Boss

"The hardcore mystery makes a come-back! Too many mysteries these days are little more than watered-down thrillers. At last, a whodunit in the spirit of a Sherlock Holmes mystery has returned. Linda Pendleton busts out of the gate with her first novel of licensed private investigator Catherine Winter. Winter picks up a young girl for a client-a young girl wrapped up in the glitz, drugs, and porn of Hollywood life-who shortly thereafter winds up dead. And the list of suspects is neither short nor usual.

"What makes Shattered Lens so pleasurable to read outside of the brisk pace is that nothing comes easy for Winter. She has to "earn" it in the same way that Linda has earned her right to sit at the top with today's other crime writers. The inside look at Hollywood and surrounding areas rings with authenticity. As a writer, I've often been disappointed in a lot of mysteries on the shelf but I knocked this one out in no time at all. Yeah, it was just that easy. Part police procedural, part hardboiled, and all entertaining, this one's a keeper." -- Jon Guenther, Author, Soul Runner and numerous Executioner novels