Tess Monaghan sure knows how to make an entrance. While
innocently rowing in the middle of the Patapsco River one
early October morning, she literally smacks right into her
latest case. Of course, that's one way to drum up business,
but even for Tess, it does seem a tad bit on the dramatic side.
When some mysterious mishaps start occurring on the set of a
television series filming in Baltimore, Tess is hired to
keep a watchful eye on a young and rather conniving actress.
While rubbing elbows with the Hollywood set, she is rather
stumped by the colorful cast of characters who are vying for
fame and fortune. From a washed-up actor wishful for a
comeback to a writing staff that has more hidden secrets
than a magician, Tess is pulled in all directions as she
tries to do her job under the scrutiny of the somewhat
suspicious and mysterious cast. What she doesn't expect are
so many twists and turns when it comes to the simple task of
playing the role of a bodyguard.
As if right on cue, a dead body gets added to the unofficial
script and now Tess is faced with the task of finding a
brutal killer. With the home turf advantage, Tess unearths
some long-forgotten secrets that have the potential to
re-write the careers of some of Hollywood's
heaviest-hitters. At what lengths will she go to in order to
bring the killer to justice? And, at what cost to her safety
and to the futures of her new-found friends and colleagues
will she risk to fulfill her obligation to her client?
ANOTHER THING TO FALL delivers what Lippman fans have come
to expect... the right blend of mystery and intrigue from
her hometown of Baltimore that put the charm into her story
as well as lend a sense of authenticity to the plot.
Lippman's latest installment of her highly popular Tess
Monaghan Series is a fine example of crime writing at its best
This review is from the hardback edition.
The California dream weavers have invaded
Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their
controversy . . .
When Tess Monaghan
literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series
Mann of Steel while sculling, she never expects to be
hired to serve as bodyguard/babysitter to the young female
lead, Selene Waites. But the company has been plagued by a
series of disturbing "mishaps" lately. And the discovery of
a corpse surrounded by photos of the beautiful, difficult
superstar-in-the-making is causing Mann's creator and
Hollywood legend, Flip Tumulty, considerable distress.
Keeping a spoiled movie princess under wraps may be more
than Tess can handle, since Selene is less naive and far
more devious than she initially appears to be. But murder is
an occurrence the fish-out-of-water P.I. is all too familiar
with—and a grisly on-set slaying suddenly threatens to
topple the wall of secrets surrounding Mann of Steel,
leaving lives, dreams, and careers scattered among the
ruins.
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