Glamour Puss (Mira) - Softcover

Kaiser, R.J.

3.04

26 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551666146 ISBN 13: 9781551666143

Publisher: Mira, 2000

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Twenty years after an adulterous affair leads to the accidental death of a noted Hollywood star and a cover-up of the crime, Mac McGowan is confronted by a blackmailer who knows his secret and soon discovers that his life and that of the sexy female private detective he has hired to help him are in danger. Original.

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Mac McGowan and his wife, Stella, the former Mrs. Aubrey St. George, are keeping secret her husband's death and secret burial. Even as this secret binds them together, it tears them apart. GLAMOUR PUSS tells of the eventual disintegration of their marriage as someone blackmails Mac. Richard Rohan narrates this mystery in a matter-of-fact style, increasing the tempo of his words as he gets to the exciting parts. As the investigation into the blackmail progresses, Rohan becomes a little more involved in the story. The abridgment cuts noticeably into the plot, saving only the core of the mystery. M.B.K. � AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Publishers Weekly:

Kaiser, purveyor of wildly charismatic characters, is sure to score another hit with this quirky, fast-moving novel set in and around Los Angeles. Back in 1978, pool builder Mac McGowan and wannabe starlet Stella St. George accidentally killed Stella's husband, Aubrey, after he caught them in bed together. Afraid they wouldn't be able to prove that Aubrey's death was accidental, Mac covered up the misdeed by burying the body under the ground where the pool foundation would be poured the next day. Later, he and Stella married. Fast forwarding to the present, Mac is now a wealthy man but his status gives him little comfort. He and Stella have separated (they'll never divorce because spouses cannot testify against each other and their secret still binds them together even if love no longer does), his actor son hates him for not supporting his film career and someone is sending him ominous notes that say, "I know what you did on Friday, October 13, 1978." When Mac hires gorgeous private investigator Jade Morro to find out who's behind the notes, she uncovers a murderous brother-sister team out to whack Mac, as well as a sexy East Indian filmmaker's scheme to con Mac out of a few million, which is thwarted by Mac's son, who has devious plans of his own. Kaiser (Fruitcake; Payback) has created a fine suspense novel with plenty of twists and turns. (Dec.)
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