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1) Mary, Mary
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 11
Language
English
Description
Alex Cross travels to Los Angeles to hunt for a killer more brutal and ambitious than he's ever encountered--a woman who has it in for Hollywood's hottest players. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter remembers every dog that's come through the Tara Foundation's doors, but the most well-known alum of the dog rescue organization that Andy founded in Paterson, New Jersey, may be Mamie. Adopted by famous actress Jenny Nichols--Andy's high school girlfriend--the miniature French poodle is now practically a starlet in her own right. Andy doesn't hold it against his friend. In fact, he and his wife, Laurie, have dinner...
4) NYPD Red 6
Author
Series
NYPD red mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Reality star Erin Easton's 'Wedding of the Century' may have a cable crew documenting every extravagant bridal detail, but when 'Airhead Easton' disappears from the reception, it's no diva turn. Her dressing room is empty but for a blood-spattered wedding gown and signs of a struggle. Detective Kylie MacDonald of NYPD Red, already on-scene as a plus-one, loops in her partner, Detective Zach Jordan to activate Level One mobilization for this PR nightmare....
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
"Colonel de Luce, in desperate need of funds, rents his beloved estate of Buckshaw over to a film company. They will be shooting a movie over the Christmas holidays, filming scenes in the stately manse with a famous and reclusive star. She is widely despised, so it is to no one's surprise when she turns up murdered, strangled by a length of film from her own movies! With the snow raging outside and Buckshaw locked in, the house is full of suspects....
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Barbara Taylor Bradford is one of the best-selling authors in the world, having sold more than 60 million copies of her novels-several of which were adapted into television miniseries. She is beloved for her strong female heroines and her romantic, page-turning plots. Seventeen-year-old Katie Byrne and her friends Denise and Carly share fantasies of making it on Broadway. But when Denise is killed and Carly left in a coma after a savage attack, Katie...
8) Dead eyes
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer." Then, the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketing; the next, she was falling from the unfinished deck of her beautiful new Malibu beach house...waking up blind, uncertain whether she would ever see again.
An optimist and a fighter, Chris is determined not to let anyone...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Meg travels with her fiance Michael to a fan convention for Porfiria, Queen of the Jungle--a cheesy cult TV show on which Michael has a minor role. Michael hopes the weekend will give him a chance to talk Miss Wynncliffe-Jones, the show's temperamental leading lady and executive producer, out of enforcing a certain provision in Michael's contract. Of course, Michael's not the only person whose career the dictatorial star has manipulated. So when the...
11) The song is you
Author
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account based on the mysterious 1949 disappearance of actress Jean Spangler, whose demise was linked to the Black Dahlia killings, is a darkly sensual tale that imagines what may have been her fate.
On October 7, 1949, dark-haired starlet Jean Spangler kissed her five-year-old daughter good-bye and left for a night shoot at a Hollywood studio. "Wish me luck," she said as she crossed her fingers, winked, and walked away. She was never...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When the body of famous actress Niki Francis is unearthed from its shallow grave, the small town of Medford, Oregon is alarmed, but not shook. After all, there should be plenty of motives and suspects--Niki had fame, wealth, looks. The kill was targeted, premeditated, and it's about her celebrity. Or so they thought. Whit McKenna is licking her wounds, working as a reporter for the local Medford rag. Fresh from a harrowing assignment for her previous...
14) Praying for time
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"She thought her prayers had been answered. Now she's praying for time... Vanessa Everly is a successful actress in Los Angeles, but she's still traumatized by the night that ripped her world apart. Eight years ago, Vanessa and her younger sister Roxanne were attacked on the beach in their hometown in Oregon--and Roxanne was kidnapped. Devastated, Vanessa ended her relationship with handsome medical student Christian Montgomery, whose troubled brother...
Author
Series
Jacques and Cleo cat detectives volume 2
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ella Louise has lived in the woods surrounding Pilots Creek, Virginia, for nearly a decade. Publicly, she and her daughter Jessica are shunned by their upper-crust family and the Pilots Creek residents. Privately, desperate townspeople visit her apothecary for a cure to what ails them--until Ella Louise is blamed for the death of a prominent customer. Accused of witchcraft, both mother and daughter are burned at the stake in the middle of the night....
17) Corpse pose
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she inherits the Sacred Balance yoga studio from her aunt, A.J. Alexander, along with her actress mother and a handsome detective, must discover who wanted her aunt dead before A.J. becomes the next target.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. She's facing ruin when a mysterious postcard arrives, summoning her to Happy Rock, a small town in the Pacific Northwest. But when she gets there, nothing is what she expected. In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production at the Happy Rock Little Theater. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered,...
Author
Series
Lady Trent mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English