R. T. Jordan
Language: English
ISBN
Mystery
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: May 4, 2010
At the start of Jordan's bubbly third sleuth-a-thon to feature Hollywood actress Polly Pepper (after 2008's Final Curtain), Polly becomes a judge on a cheesy reality TV show, I'll Do Anything to Become Famous. When someone plunges a knife into a fellow judge, nasty Brit Thane Cornwall, Polly flips into Miss Marple mode. The prime suspect? Thane's ex-lover, Lisa Marrs, the producer's secretary, found at the crime scene with the murder weapon. Aided by housekeeper Placenta, gay son Tim and her current amour, Beverly Hills detective Randal Archer, Polly uncovers some surprises involving such show contestants as rapper Ped-Xing and Miley Cyrus clone Amy Stout. Dotted with delicious observations on America's obsession with celebrity, this entry should win new fans for Polly, who, as the body count rises, tells the exasperated Archer that she's œa death magnet. And there's nothing you can do about it. Fans of comic whodunits will be rewarded. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
In the latest reality TV show, contestants have to prove that they'll go for one another's jugulars in order to get their names in the headlines. But someone takes the show's theme literally when one of the judges is found stabbed to death.
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At the start of Jordan's bubbly third sleuth-a-thon to feature Hollywood actress Polly Pepper (after 2008's Final Curtain), Polly becomes a judge on a cheesy reality TV show, I'll Do Anything to Become Famous. When someone plunges a knife into a fellow judge, nasty Brit Thane Cornwall, Polly flips into Miss Marple mode. The prime suspect? Thane's ex-lover, Lisa Marrs, the producer's secretary, found at the crime scene with the murder weapon. Aided by housekeeper Placenta, gay son Tim and her current amour, Beverly Hills detective Randal Archer, Polly uncovers some surprises involving such show contestants as rapper Ped-Xing and Miley Cyrus clone Amy Stout. Dotted with delicious observations on America's obsession with celebrity, this entry should win new fans for Polly, who, as the body count rises, tells the exasperated Archer that she's œa death magnet. And there's nothing you can do about it. Fans of comic whodunits will be rewarded. (June)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Description
In the latest reality TV show, contestants have to prove that they'll go for one another's jugulars in order to get their names in the headlines. But someone takes the show's theme literally when one of the judges is found stabbed to death.