Dial
Emmy for Murder
A
Soap Opera Mystery with Alexis Peterson
Eileen
Davidson
Signet
(Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-451-22825-1 (0451228251)
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22825-3 (9780451228253)
Publication Date: June 2009
List Price: $6.99
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Soap operas can get so dirty ...
Tabloids and fans are stunned when daytime soap opera star Alexis
Peterson leaves her show. She’s too busy with her new job as
presenter at the Daytime Emmy®
Awards to even notice. But when
a co-presenter goes missing on award night, Alexis is determined to
find who is killing Hollywood’s biggest and brightest before
another burns out ...
Review:
Soap opera star Alexis Peterson is a presenter at the daytime Emmy
Awards when she discovers an actor hanging from the rafters over her
head in Dial
Emmy for Murder, the second
mystery in this series by Eileen Davidson.
Alexis has left a starring role in the top daytime drama The Yearning Tide
for the opportunity to play two parts in The
Bare and the Brazen. Her
popularity ensures she'll be a presenter at the Emmys, but when it's
time for her to give out the award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Series, Jackson Mathews, a young newcomer on the soap opera scene, is
found hanging from the rafters above the stage. Detective Frank Jakes,
in charge of the investigation, asks Alexis to help out. Her knowledge
of the cast and crew would be invaluable. She is, of course, thrilled
to exercise her amateur sleuth skills once again. But who would want to
kill a relative nobody in the industry? It isn't long after that a hair
stylist is killed and Alexis feels her life is in danger. Can she and
Jakes find the killer before anyone else, especially someone near and
dear to Alexis (i.e. Alexis herself), is a target?
Dial
Emmy for Murder is a
fast-paced, fun-reading novel. Soap opera fans will take pleasure in
the behind-the-scenes look from the perspective of someone deeply
embedded in the industry; those who don't follow the daytime shows will
still enjoy the entertaining characters and the delightful, if
undemanding, murder mystery plot. The engaging interplay between Alexis
and Jakes is an added bonus. This is a winning series that makes for a
perfect companion to the beach this summer.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Dial Emmy for Murder and to Penguin Group for providing an ARC of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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Mysteries in this series ...
Death in Daytime
Signet (Mass Market Paperback), October 2008
ISBN-10: 0-451-22564-3 (0451225643)
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22564-1 (9780451225641)
Dial Emmy for Murder
Signet (Mass Market Paperback), June 2009
ISBN-10: 0-451-22825-1 (0451228251)
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22825-3 (9780451228253)
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Location(s) referenced: Hollywood, California.
