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Gillian B. Farrell Murder and a Muse: An Annie McGrogan, P.I., Mystery
Pocket 19950801 0671757113 / 9780671757113 MM Very Good
0671757113 0671757113 From Publishers Weekly Annie McGrogan, a New York City actress who works as a PI to pay the rent, appears on the verge of a career breakthrough in this crisp, entertaining encore to Alibi for an Actress . The film role Annie lost to industry insider Lucy Kohl goes up for grabs after Lucy is arrested for drug possession; director Alan DeLucca personally offers Annie the part. Although there is no chemistry between Annie and Choice Wardell, her on-screen husband, sparks fly between her and the handsome director, whom Annie agrees to accompany to the upstate resort where they'll be filming. There they are quickly joined not only by cast and crew but by Alan's wife, children and nanny, and--perhaps worse--by Lucy Kohl, on the arm of Alan's casting director. Things hit rock bottom when Annie finds Alan dead on the floor of her room, blood pooled around his head. As the police's favorite suspect, Annie calls in her co-worker, PI Sonny Gondolfo, but both are hampered by lack of experience: up to now, they've only followed their boss's instructions and neither has ever actually solved a case. With her unsentimental perspective on the movie industry and lively sense of humor, Farrell, who is also an actress and private detective, plays the intrigues and absurdities of her settings and characters for all they're worth. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Romance and sexuality run along several levels in this story of a New York actress who makes a living as a private investigator ( Alibi for an Actress , LJ 5/1/92). While tailing an unfaithful mistress and her boyfriend for a German banker, Annie McGrogan is approached by the mistress, who wants to check up on the boyfriend; meanwhile, Annie gets the movie role of a cheated-upon wife and falls in love with the married-but-divorcing director. Just as things heat up, someone murders him in Annie's room. Much more substance than Patricia Robinson's Trick of Light (see below) and better crafted. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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