Babylon Nights - Softcover

Daniel Depp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847394191 ISBN 13: 9781847394194

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011

Synopsis

Fifteen years ago, Oscar-winning actress Anna Mayhew had the world at her feet. Now she's pushing forty and the parts are drying up. Seriously depressed, Anna spends much of her time thinking up clever ways to kill herself. But when she discovers she has a crazed stalker, Anna decides she might as well let the stalker do it instead - and create enough headlines to propel her name into film immortality. What better way for a star to exit the stage? Enter Detective David Spandau, who's been hired by Anna's sister to protect her. But how do you keep alive a woman who'd prefer to be dead? Despite himself, Spandau finds himself falling for Anna when he accompanies her to the Cannes Film Festival. But her stalker is also in Cannes, intent on a bloody consummation of their relationship. And he in turn is followed by Special, an opera-loving LA pimp who's trying to recover the $80,000 of mob-owned money he stole from him. And so begins a deadly cat-and-mouse game ...

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Depp is a former Hollywood screenwriter and film producer whose first full-length screenplay, THE BRAVE, was nominated for a Palme D'Or at Cannes. Daniel now divides his time between California and the south of France.

From Booklist:

Private investigator David Spandau (Loser’s Town, 2009) is back with another rollicking romp through Hollywood. When former A-list actress Anna Mayhew, past her prime and contemplating suicide, finds herself plagued by a stalker named Vincent, she reluctantly hires Spandau to protect her. Anna considers just letting Vincent kill her because she can’t get a decent role, but her sister insists that she protect herself. Vincent follows Anna and Spandau to the Cannes Film Festival, where Anna is on a jury judging, among others, a film by ex-lover Andrei Levin. Depp, a screenwriter, has the Hollywood milieu down pat. This novel is full of self-important Beverly Hills matrons, whiney stars, sadistic agents, mobsters who want to break into “the industry,” and jaded characters like Spandau. The fact that he finds himself falling for Anna while trying to deal with his ex-wife just adds to the complicated, fast-paced plot. This is great fun for readers who like a touch of satire mixed with a crime story. --Barbara Bibel

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847394191
• ISBN 13: 9781847394194
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336