Lucy Freers just wants to make animated movies and to raise as functional a family as possible in the midst of the Hollywood hysteria. Unfortunately, her film producing husband Kit has been stricken with dreaded "Mogus Virus"--which compels seemingly down-to-earth people to hire personal trainers and drive fancy ports cars--and he's gone a bit batty over the suspicious on-location death of his director, the much-despised cinematic whiz-kid Jeremy Lord. Suddenly Lucy's only hope of maintaining some semblance of domestic bliss is to dive alone into the Pacific Palisades shark pool of actors, agents, industry honchos, lavish spenders, spoiled brats, ex-wives and voluptuous nannies, and to come out with a killer. But the irreverent wisecrack is her only weapon in this ocean of sex, lies, and celluoid--and it may not be formidable enough to protect Lucy from the dangerous predator who'd circling her exclusive Hollywood enclave.

Dead Celeb (Coronet books)

Literature & Fiction

Maracotta, Lindsay

Contemporary

Coronet

When a glamorous neighbor is found dead in Lucy Freer's pool, the animation filmmaker and Hollywood mom goes beneath the veneer of Tinseltown family values into a world of greed, ruthlessness, and sex to find a killer

The Dead Hollywood Moms Society

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Avon/Books

When the whiz-kid director of her latest animated film turns up dead, Lucy Freers plunges into the Hollywood shark tank of ruthless actors, agents, ex-wives, and industry honchos to find his killer. Reprint.

The Dead Celeb

Everything We Wanted

Three college friends leave school and learn about society's traps as they struggle to build a life for themselves

Random House Value Publishing

Pinnacle

The sad-eyed ladies: Life, love, & hard times in the singles scene

trade distribution by Simon and Schuster

When a glamorous neighbor is found dead in Lucy Freer's pool, Lucy, an animation filmmaker and Hollywood mom, goes beneath the veneer of Tinseltown family values into a world of greed, ruthlessness, and sex to find a killer.

The Dead Hollywood Mom's Society: A Novel

United States

William Morrow & Co.

Award-winning animator Lucy Freers is trying to hold on to a normal family life amidst Hollywood's charmed circles, but when she stumbles upon the corpse of Jeremy Lord, the film world's hottest director, she becomes ensnared in a world of sex, lies, andutter ruthlessness

The Dead Celeb: A Lucy Freers Mystery

Treating the Hollywood scene with a satirical wit, the author continues her critically lauded series, as artist and mother Lucy Freers intrudes into the world of child actors and their ruthless, ambitious parents in search of a murderer. By the author of The Dead Celeb.

Playing Dead: A Hollywood Mystery

Lucy Frampton lives amid the glitzy trappings of Los Angeles. Her friends enjoy intimate relationships with aroma therapists and body sculptors, and her neighbors' estates boast screening rooms and humidity-controlled wine cellars. The exclusive Windermere Academy, which her daughter, Chloe, attends, has a shrink on the payroll to lead "encounter sessions" when tiny tempests threaten the students' sunny days. And even bit players in the Windermere school pageants have publicists and agents. But Lucy, a sensible, transplanted Midwesterner, keeps her sights down-to-earth. She's an outstanding mom, a sexy wife, and an animator whose career is rocketing. But then, in a flash, her perfect world of storyboard mornings and car-pool afternoons goes from romantic comedy to film noir. Lucy's new nanny, Brandon, college friend—and onetime lover (but that's another story)—is shot dead while driving her husband's car. It's unclear who the intended victim was, but then Lucy stumbles upon something even more chilling: a video hidden among Brandon's things that shows a child committing a murder. Though the authorities yawn, Lucy suspects the killer is cruising through classrooms and lunchrooms, as dewy-eyed innocent as any other kid. With a razor wit and a hilarious irreverence for the trappings of fame as her only weapons, Lucy launches a one-woman investigation, leading smack into the looking-glass world of child actors, where nine-year-olds can fire their own parents, where a child's smile commands top dollar—and a little killer is about to have the last laugh! *Originally published as Playing Dead.

Adorably Dead (A "Dead is the New Fabulous" Mystery)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Dead Celeb (Coronet books)

The Dead Hollywood Moms Society

The Dead Celeb

Everything We Wanted

Everything We Wanted

The sad-eyed ladies: Life, love, & hard times in the singles scene

The Dead Hollywood Mom's Society: A Novel

The Dead Celeb: A Lucy Freers Mystery

Playing Dead: A Hollywood Mystery

Adorably Dead (A "Dead is the New Fabulous" Mystery)