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I thought I knew the dirt about an old Hollywood crime, a murder that was covered up by crooked cops and the studio. I decided to write a tell-all about the murder, hoping to flush out the killer who was responsible for the assault of a dear friend.
I'm not stupid, though. I used a pen name. Micki Bradford. Nobody would think that Mike Braddock, Hollywood's ex-leading man, was Micki Bradford, the Queen of Suspense.
Right?
I didn't count on the book taking off like a rocket. I didn't count on the cops coming to my door, demanding to know how I knew the details about that old murder. I didn't count on being in demand as a conference speaker--well, not me, Mike, but me, Micki, being in demand.
And I sure didn't count on going to a writer's conference in drag, to help find the killer and right an old wrong. I wasn't too worried. I was an actor, after all. I could pull off a couple of days, pretending to be a woman...
Right?
I'm not stupid, though. I used a pen name. Micki Bradford. Nobody would think that Mike Braddock, Hollywood's ex-leading man, was Micki Bradford, the Queen of Suspense.
Right?
I didn't count on the book taking off like a rocket. I didn't count on the cops coming to my door, demanding to know how I knew the details about that old murder. I didn't count on being in demand as a conference speaker--well, not me, Mike, but me, Micki, being in demand.
And I sure didn't count on going to a writer's conference in drag, to help find the killer and right an old wrong. I wasn't too worried. I was an actor, after all. I could pull off a couple of days, pretending to be a woman...
Right?
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First published February 26, 2013
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April 3, 2018
A man playing a woman romance writer to uncover a decades-old Hollywood crime and smoke out the villain. Sounds like something Shakespeare would've written if he'd done mystery instead of gender-bending comedy.
There are lies within lies and actors playing parts in this complex mystery taking place mostly at a mystery writers' conference in Minneapolis. I enjoyed the main character and his true friends, but I sometimes had as hard a time as the narrator telling who was on his side and who was telling lies or half-truths. Of course, that's a plus for 1st person narration and a mystery delivered through this single perspective.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked this up, but the mystery plot kept me engaged although I have to confess I had a hard time picturing the detective Lassiter because I kept seeing the same-named character from the TV show Psych in his place, and the difference was jarring.
There are lies within lies and actors playing parts in this complex mystery taking place mostly at a mystery writers' conference in Minneapolis. I enjoyed the main character and his true friends, but I sometimes had as hard a time as the narrator telling who was on his side and who was telling lies or half-truths. Of course, that's a plus for 1st person narration and a mystery delivered through this single perspective.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked this up, but the mystery plot kept me engaged although I have to confess I had a hard time picturing the detective Lassiter because I kept seeing the same-named character from the TV show Psych in his place, and the difference was jarring.
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