A just-back-from-rehab starlet drops dead while entering the Academy Awards, and the only ones who can solve the crime are Maxine (Max) Taylor and her daughter Drew, fun and thinly disguised versions of Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa. Oscar night. The Kodak Theater. Hollywood. The red carpet is out and Max and Drew are on the job - mikes in hand. Suppose hot young actress, Halsey Hamilton, is trying to reform her image after a bad year of too much partying. She's moved herself, semi-permanently, into rehab. Imagine Halsey's triumphant sober return to Hollywood as she marches up the red carpet, bypassing all the other camera crews, and heads straight for Max. Alas, what if she doesn't exactly march so much as stagger? And then fall down at Max's feet, clutching the bottom of Max's divine Michael Kors gown? Is this a case of one of the most public overdoses on record? Or is it murder?
Murder at the Academy Awards [R] (Red Carpet Murder Mystery)
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"Joan Rivers has always made me laugh, and she's done it again -- this time as a writer! "Murder at the Academy Awards(R)" is very funny and very smart, with a clever plotline that probes deep under Hollywood's famous red carpet. It's suspenseful, provocative, and filled with Joan's inimitable voice and humor."-- Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of "A Woman of Substance" and "Being Elizabeth"
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JOAN RIVERS is a force of nature and one of the hardest working celebrities in the world: comedienne, bestselling author, Tony-nominated actress, playwright, screenwriter, motion picture director, columnist, lecturer, syndicated radio host, Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host, jewellery designer, red-carpet fashion laureate, businesswoman and, most importantly to her, mother and grandmother. Visit her website www.joanrivers.com
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Maxine "Max" Taylor is the go to interviewer on the Red Carpet. The telecasts she and her daughter Drew co-host for Glam-TV are the most watched pre-show for the Oscars. Even so, it is a real coup to get 19-year-old nominee Halsey Hamilton's only interview before the main event. Halsey has just been released from months is the exclusive Wonders rehab facility.
Max is shocked when the scantily clad Halsey arrives on the red carpet, however. Even worse, Halsey mumbles a few barely intelligible sentences and then falls down at Max's feet dead. Everyone assumes that it was an accidental overdose, but the police are circling in on Burke, Drew's ex-fiancee and a man Max has never liked. When Drew pleads with Max to clear Burke, Max agrees, hoping instead to finally find the evidence she needs to show Drew once and for all what the man is really like. Was this more than an accidental overdose? Where will the trail lead Max?
This is an absolute delight of a debut. The name dropping starts on page one and goes through the entire book. The laughs are just as frequent. The story is one of those, only in Hollywood type things, and it works well. It is a little light, but Max's antics kept me entertained from start to finish.
Then there are the characters. Yes, most of them are barely disguised stars (like author Joan Rivers, for example). But they still seem like real people. I could see myself sitting down with Max and enjoying my time with her.
Of course, I came to this book because of the co-author. And if you haven't read Jerrilyn Farmer's Madeline Bean mysteries, you really must. Start with Sympathy for the Devil (Madeline Bean Mysteries). You'll have a great time.
This book left me hoping they invent a few more awards ceremonies. I want this series to last a long time.
Max is shocked when the scantily clad Halsey arrives on the red carpet, however. Even worse, Halsey mumbles a few barely intelligible sentences and then falls down at Max's feet dead. Everyone assumes that it was an accidental overdose, but the police are circling in on Burke, Drew's ex-fiancee and a man Max has never liked. When Drew pleads with Max to clear Burke, Max agrees, hoping instead to finally find the evidence she needs to show Drew once and for all what the man is really like. Was this more than an accidental overdose? Where will the trail lead Max?
This is an absolute delight of a debut. The name dropping starts on page one and goes through the entire book. The laughs are just as frequent. The story is one of those, only in Hollywood type things, and it works well. It is a little light, but Max's antics kept me entertained from start to finish.
Then there are the characters. Yes, most of them are barely disguised stars (like author Joan Rivers, for example). But they still seem like real people. I could see myself sitting down with Max and enjoying my time with her.
Of course, I came to this book because of the co-author. And if you haven't read Jerrilyn Farmer's Madeline Bean mysteries, you really must. Start with Sympathy for the Devil (Madeline Bean Mysteries). You'll have a great time.
This book left me hoping they invent a few more awards ceremonies. I want this series to last a long time.
By Paul
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. . have to say that as Joan Rivers was involved in this I was expecting something more. It is an okay read but would not rave about it
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I have always liked Joan Rivers but not quite up to reading one of her autobiographies, hence my choice of this book.
I could just imagine her voice and the ways she says things throughout the book even though the main character was Max Taylor.
Can't wait until she brings other mystery book out (I have already searched online for others but not found any)
Great read
I could just imagine her voice and the ways she says things throughout the book even though the main character was Max Taylor.
Can't wait until she brings other mystery book out (I have already searched online for others but not found any)
Great read
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