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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The Starlet, by Mary McNamara

The Starlet: A Novel Fun, breezy mystery- sequel to the very good Oscar Season.  Juliette Greyson is avoiding Hollywood by retreating to the family estate in Tuscany, when she encounters troubled starlet (think Lindsay Lohan) Mercy Talbot, about to dive into a fountain in a public piazza. Juliette, unable to watch a young actress break her neck without interfering, takes in Mercy, and eventually a whole film crew, and while various shenanigans go on, all the original characters from Oscar Season grow and become even more interesting, and Mercy was a great character with a very believable set of problems. Fun, and very very well done.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Oscar Season, by Mary McNamara

Fantastic mystery with a great setting- elegant Hollywood hotel leading up to Oscar night. Lots of funny little celebrity cameos and some really great character development in this, I'm really looking forward to the next Juliette Greyson mystery, coming out in July, called The Starlet.