These Violent Delights (Movie Mystery Series) - Hardcover

Linnea, Sharon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933608617 ISBN 13: 9781933608617

Publisher: Arundel Pub, 2012

Synopsis

 

At once sexy and thrilling, These Violent Delights sets the stage for deadly romance and chilling mystery. Beautiful actress, Anastasia Day, is a prisoner in her dead husband’s castle, trapped by her fears of the outside world.  As plans unfold for the 20th anniversary re-release of her most famous movie, Trystan & Isolde, she realizes how many members of the cast & crew have met untimely deaths. Can Anastasia face her agonizing terror and discover what really happened during the turbulent filming of the steamy movie? Can she stop the murderer before the re-release reunion becomes everyone’s final curtain? Written by best-selling author Sharon Linnea, These Violent Delights will leave the reader breathless ... until the next Movie Mystery.

About this title

About the Author

Sharon Linnea is the bestselling author of the three Eden Thrillers:  Chasing Eden, Beyond Eden and Treasure of Eden.  She has also written award-winning biographies of Raul Wallenberg and Princess Ka'iulani, as well as the nonfiction book Lost Civilizations. Sharon has been a staff writer for five national magazines and a ghostwriter for dozens of celebrities.  She lives with her family outside of New York City.

 

Review

"This delicious confection from veteran thriller writer Linnéa (Chasing Eden) oozes romantic suspense. Movie buffs will enjoy the backstory and romance readers the tangled romantic web. To boot, there are plenty of red herrings and creepy suspects for mystery fans. Darken the lights, bring out the popcorn, and enjoy."--Library Journal

"The forthcoming 20th anniversary reunion of the cast of the classic film Tristan and Isolde in the U.K. provides the backdrop for Linnéa’s extravagantly romantic first in a new movie mystery series...Skillfully interwoven flashbacks detail the filming and the professional and personal jealousies as well as emotional entanglements that roiled the cast." --Publisher's Weekly

"Linnea branches out with a new Movie Mystery series. Flashing between the past and present, the story charts events and relationship dramas that surrounded the filming of the movie Tristan and Isolde, some of which have lead to murder. Great characterization and twisty surprises add up to an excellent mystery.  For Anastasia Day Huntington, the widowed Duchess of Esmonde, the upcoming re-release of her debut film, Tristan and Isolde, is a bittersweet reminder of things lost.  However, upon learning of the sudden death of a friend and former crew member, Anastasia suddenly realizes the number of those associated with the film who have met untimely deaths is frighteningly high. Could some of these deaths actually have been murders? Concerned and fighting agoraphobia, Anastasia reaches out to an old friend, screenwriter Bruce Amerman. When Bruce accepts her premise regarding the deaths, they must figure out the killer’s identity before the gala reunion!" --Romantic Times Book Reivew

"Linnea delivers a romantic suspense novel in which the fatal triangle that ensnared Tristan, Isolde and King Mark is reflected in that which ensnare the three movie stars, making the two tragedies seem equally inevitable."  --Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

"Behind the magic delights of the movies lie passions that lead to murder.  The characters will haunt you long after you turn the final page."--Rebecca Cantrell, award-winning author of the Hannah Vogel novels

"A haunting fairy tale of filmmaking...It gets The Movies right - from glittery surface to sinister undertow."--Wesley Strick, screenwriter of Cape Fear and Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Arundel Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1933608617
• ISBN 13: 9781933608617
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 387