Making It
Featuring: Maddie Springer; Jack Ramirez
336 pages ISBN: 0843958340 EAN: 9780843958348 Kindle: B00492CK0S Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
In this third installment of the (mis)adventures of shoe-
designer-turned-amateur-sleuth Maddie Springer, Maddie is
again in hot water with her maybe (it's still debatable)
boy friend, sexy detective Jack Ramirez. After totally
screwing up Ramirez's secret meeting with a female
informant and ending up being held at gunpoint, Maddie is
desperate to make amends. To say Ramirez is not pleased is
decidedly understated. Afraid that this time she's really
gone too far and he'll never forgive her, Maddie has to do
something to correct the situation. After all, the fiasco
she created has led to Ramirez being demoted to pulling
bodyguard duty at TV's hottest prime-time soap opera,
Magnolia Lane, for a diva who's been receiving death
threats. Could there be anything worse than that for this
seasoned detective?
Now, if there's something Maddie and her best friend (and
wanna-be actress) Dana know tons about it's the world of
Magnolia Lane. They never miss an episode and are
familiar with all the characters. Calling a college friend
who works for the studio producing the soap, Maddie is able
to secure jobs on the set -- Dana as an extra and Maddie as
wardrobe assistant. They figure it's a cinch they'll be
able to come up with clues to who's sending the death
threats. Maddie is experienced at this kind of stuff, even
if the last two times she ferreted out a killer was more by
sheer dumb luck than any kind of brilliance on her part.
Well, you can just imagine what kind of trouble Maddie and
Dana get themselves into behind the scenes. They encounter
a diva who'll resort to any means to keep her leading lady
status, several actors and actresses she's stepped on along
the way, as well as a shifty tabloid reporter always
looking for the next scandal. Oh, did I fail to mention
that Ramirez is none too happy to see Maddie again involved
in one of his cases? Can you say "livid!"? As dead bodies
start piling up, it's very apparent that Maddie could be
next in line. And there's no way Ramirez could live with
that.
This flippant, rapid-fire book will satisfy readers who
enjoy chick-lit, romance and light mystery. The characters
are full of flaws, which make them believable and
appealing, and Maddie's amusing, irreverent voice relating
the story will have you smiling ear to ear. Halliday pulls
off another hit with UNDERCOVER IN HIGH HEELS, and watch
for Maddie's next exciting adventure in March 2008, ALIBI
IN HIGH HEELS, when she goes to Paris.
Secret affairs, hunky gardeners, and housewives desperate
enough to bare it all...welcome to Magnolia Lane,
TV's
newest hit show. As the new wardrobe assistant, shoe
designer Maddie Springer is in fashion heaven. But then a
young starlet is found dead. Now it's up to Maddie to sift
through a secretive leading lady, an actor on the verge of
a nervous breakdown, a sexy cyber scandal, and one tabloid
reporter who'll stop at nothing to get the story of the
century. Not to mention her tangles with the infuriatingly
sexy lead detective, Jack Ramirez.
In a biz where lies and
deception earn Emmys, Maddie will have to play the role of
a lifetime to catch Hollywood's hottest killer. But if she
doesn't watch her step, Maddie's 15 minutes of fame just
may be her last.
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