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Daytime Crime #1
All My Suspects
Brooklyn-born-and-bred Angie DaVito, the feisty producer of TV's "Bright Tomorrow," knew that the network's Daytime vice president, Gregg Whitehall, had few fans. She'd even had serious run-ins of her own with him. But despite his having so many enemies, Angie never expected Gregg's dead body to turn up on her set: cold and naked save for the single clue of a strategically placed gold-lame rose. Suspects abound, most of them cast and crew of "Bright Tomorrow." So with more at stake than the beat cops assigned to the case can fathom, Angie begins to untangle a web of intrigue spinning back into her past. Along the way, she forges a strong partnership with the female detective assigned to the case. And she resolves once and for all her feelings for an old lover: the head writer of the show, who left her for someone considerably younger, blonder, and dimmer.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published September 21, 1994
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About the author
Louise Shaffer
18 books69 followersLouise is a believer in there’s always a second chance. An actress since she was fifteen, she found herself unemployed when she was in her mid-forties. The reason was…well, she was in her mid-forties. Not a good thing if you’re an actress – aging and eating are taboo. Louise has done both. Also, she was pretty clear about the fact that she was never going to have “knee surgery.” That’s what happens when an actress of a certain age drops out of sight for six weeks and her publicist announces that she’s having an old knee injury repaired. Then the actress emerges with her eyebrows hiked up kind of high on her forehead and all those nasty little lines around her mouth seem to have vanished… oh yeah, and her knee is working fine too.
The un-surgically enhanced Louise spent two years auditioning for commercials touting high fiber cereals and denture glue, she figured there had to be something better, and she decided to try writing scripts for soap operas. Writing had actually been her first love when she was a kid. She worked as a soap writer off and on—mostly off – for the next few years. The trouble was, she got fired a lot. Because what she wanted to do was tell her own stories. Finally she fought off the devil voices – those voices inside your head that tell you you’re an idiot for dumping a paying job to follow a dream—and wrote The Three Miss Margarets. It found a home at Random House and was published. It was followed by The Ladies of Garrison Gardens, and Family Acts
Louise's latest novel, Serendipity, takes Louise back to her home in the northeast.
Today a very happy Louise lives in the lower Hudson Valley with her husband of twenty eight years, her eight cats and two rescue dogs ; the regal Joshua, and Charlie. Who is not regal. Just ask the neighbors.
The un-surgically enhanced Louise spent two years auditioning for commercials touting high fiber cereals and denture glue, she figured there had to be something better, and she decided to try writing scripts for soap operas. Writing had actually been her first love when she was a kid. She worked as a soap writer off and on—mostly off – for the next few years. The trouble was, she got fired a lot. Because what she wanted to do was tell her own stories. Finally she fought off the devil voices – those voices inside your head that tell you you’re an idiot for dumping a paying job to follow a dream—and wrote The Three Miss Margarets. It found a home at Random House and was published. It was followed by The Ladies of Garrison Gardens, and Family Acts
Louise's latest novel, Serendipity, takes Louise back to her home in the northeast.
Today a very happy Louise lives in the lower Hudson Valley with her husband of twenty eight years, her eight cats and two rescue dogs ; the regal Joshua, and Charlie. Who is not regal. Just ask the neighbors.
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November 25, 2020
A quick read this one and a bit better than your average cosy mystery. There were plenty of quirky characters and, of course, the rivalries and bitchiness you get with tv networks but the perpetrator did surprise me.
May 25, 2014
Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
May 19, 2010
Different than the 3 Miss Margarets and Serendipity-this is more of a formulaic serial mystery starring sleuth Angie DeVito. While not as good as her later stuff it was a fun read with a sassy protagonist and a good who-done-it.
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