Star Struck Dead

A Lauren Atwill Mystery

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In 1946 Hollywood, the stars were always shining, the streets were paved with possibilities, and the most dangerous thing a man could do was to uncover the grime behind the glitz and glamour....But a woman might just get away with it.
When talented screenwriter Lauren Atwill wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there, it's more than enough to make her nervous. All she remembers is driving home from a hot Hollywood nightspot. Before she can put the pieces of her shattered memory together, she's approached by a stranger who produces incriminating -- and compromising -- pictures of her. It's blackmail, pure and simple.
With nowhere else to turn, Lauren seeks the help of private eye Peter Winslow, who's as tough as he is debonair -- and who may be hiding some secrets of his own. Now the high-profile marriage of her best friend is at stake alongside her own reputation, and Lauren will have to think fast and move faster to come up with an ending for this script that doesn't spell THE END for her....
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LAUREN ATWILL MYSTERY
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  • Pocket Books | 
  • 384 pages | 
  • ISBN 9781451604399 | 
  • June 2010
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Chapter 1


Sunday, June 23, 1946


I was having a wonderful dream. Then I woke up.


I was in the hospital. I didn't remember how I got there.


It was a private room. That much I could make out. But somewhere off to my right, an enormous window was letting in entirely too much light. I rolled away from it, flinching and groaning -- making the sounds a person makes when her head is pounding and her stomach is lurching. I buried my face in the pillow and reached for the nurse call button.


While I was still groping for it, the nurse came in.


"You're awake," she said cheerfully....

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