Life and Times of 1950s: Traveling…in a Plane

September 3, 2017 by A Slice of Orange in category Partners in Crime tagged as Janet Lynn, Life and times of the 1950s, research, Will Zeilinger with 2 and 0

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My husband and I co-write the Skylar Drake Murder Mysteries, a hard-boiled detective series. Since the stories take place in 1955 we have researched a great deal of that era.

In the second book of the series, Strange Markings, Skylar is hired to investigate the missing nephew of a Los Angeles matron. Clues takes him to pre-statehood Hawaii (1955). As a result, we looked into commercial airlines of the ’50s.

We learned that the Pan American Airlines made frequent flights to Hawaii using 377 Stratocruisers. We also found something called Sleeper-ettes, and early first class attempt to provide comfortable sleeping arrangements for their passengers. Lobster counted as first class airline food. I found an old ad from TWA mentioning a, “full meal to be served in-flight”. That would have included: soup, salad, meat, vegetables, and dessert. And drinks was served in glassware!

Our fourth book in the series, Spike Hill, will be released February 2018, and yes… we are still married.

Janet

Janet Elizabeth Lynn and Will Zeilinger

Published authors Will Zeilinger and Janet Lynn had been writing individually until they got together and wrote the Skylar Drake Mystery Series. These hard-boiled tales are based in old Hollywood of 1955. Janet has published seven mystery novels and Will has published three plus a couple of short stories. Their world travels have sparked several ideas for murder and crime stories. This creative couple is married and live in Southern California.

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2 Comments

joylennick
on September 4, 2017
Good for you two! As I was married in 1953… (yep!) I find it all most interesting. Good luck with all your literary endeavours. Best wishes.

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janet lynn
on September 7, 2017
Thank you Joy, it’s be a lot of fun researching 1950s together. Of course splittling up the work helps too. Stay tuned for more 1950s highlights. Janet

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