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Toby tries to clear a dentist accused of a medieval murder Though an otherwise unremarkable woman, Mildred Minck has the distinction of being the first citizen of Los Angeles to be murdered by crossbow. The police find her dentist husband, Sheldon, standing over the body with the weapon, swearing that only Joan Crawford can identify the real killer. An insanity defense seems a natural fit, but Sheldon wants his neighbor, private investigator Toby...
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In this darkly comic thriller set in modern-day Hollywood, an aging private eye is hired by a rising young actor at the center of a scheme gone wrong. David Spandau is a P.I. and sometime rodeo cowboy. At the tail end of some much-needed vacation time, he takes a meeting with a talent agent whose client, Bobby Dye, is being blackmailed and threatened. Dye is young, brash, and on the verge of becoming a major starif he lasts that long. It turns out...
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Daughters of fortune volume 1
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Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2002
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Three sisters, daughters of newspaper tycoon Keagan Hayes, follow very different paths in life with Cameron, the oldest, taking a job with a rival newspaper in 1941 and heading off on assignment to Russia; Blair giving her all to become a Hollywood star; and college student Jackie trying to hold to her Christian ideals by befriending a Japanese American boy.
28) Crown jewel
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Ricky Lam had it all -- a thriving film career, the adoration of countless fans, incredible wealth, and a cocaine and alcohol problem that almost destroyed him. Luckily, he also had his older brother Philip -- who strong-armed him into an addiction clinic. After 15 years, Ricky wants to mend the rift that erupted between the brothers during those dark days. But when tragedy strikes, erasing Ricky's dreams of winning Philip's forgiveness, he resets...
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A simple job turns treacherous when Toby Peters stumbles upon a corpse It's a lucky thing that Cary Grant once trained as an acrobat, because Toby Peters's life is in the actor's hands. As the two men sprint through the pitch-dark woods, trying to elude the man with the gun, they come to a canyon ledge. With nowhere to go but down, they scramble over the side. Peters slips, and Grant grabs hold of his wrist. As the killer closes in, Cary's grip begins...
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A famous director, mired in a nasty divorce, hires Hoagy to salvage his name. In Matthew Wax's films, politicians are honest, parents are respected, and nice guys finish first. Wax has been Hollywood's most beloved director for decades, and his personal life seemed as squeaky-clean as the world of his films. But when he and his wife, leading lady Pennyroyal Brim, file for divorce, the mud starts to fly. She accuses him of bedroom tyranny, sexual...
33) The scoop
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Godmothers volume 1
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In this first book of a new series, Michaels introduces The Godmothers, four unforgettable women who are about to get a whole new lease on life.
35) Heartbeat
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1991
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English
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The successful writer of a daytime drama and a production assistant for a network TV news show collide in the supermarket and suddenly realize they want more out of life than a successful career.
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43 Old Cemetery Road volume 5
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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When film producer Moe Block Busters offers to make their book into a movie, Iggy, Olive, and Seymour head to Hollywood where Olive, furious at being written out of the script, enlists the help of a famed femme fatale to scare the despicable director half to death.
38) The muppet movie
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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2005, c[1979]
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Kermit the Frog heads for Hollywood accompanied by Fozzie Bear, the Great Gonzo, and Miss Piggy, all of whom share his dream of stardom, but he is thrown off course when he meets up with Doc Hopper, a fast-food mogul who sees Kermit as the key to promoting his French-fried frog-leg franchise.
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