Catch and Kill

In Hollywood, deadly secrets lurk just behind the scenes.

Scarlett Norris is Hollywood’s darling, an award-winning actress on her way to the top. To her younger sister, Angie, she is all that and more—beautiful, loving, fearless, and a guiding light—things Angie believes she herself could never be. When Scarlett suddenly commits suicide, Angie is devastated, but something keeps nagging at her. Scarlett would never do such a thing. Would she?

In a move that stuns her family, timid, anxious Angie summons the courage to leave her sheltered New York life to follow Scarlett’s path to Hollywood. She gains access to the gilded world of film stars, movie moguls, and powerful producers, and discovers a new sense of self. She also discovers that beneath Hollywood’s dazzle and glamour lie some dark and ugly truths. Angie slowly starts piecing together what really happened to Scarlett. Can she expose the corruption of Hollywood and live to tell? 

Suspense-filled and gripping from beginning to end, Catch and Kill is about staring down monsters—even those that have the power to destroy you.

"Heartbreaking search for truth and justice." - Advanced Review

Fans of The Assistant and Casablanca will love this thrilling book. 

EDEN FRANCIS COMPTON is a pseudonym for the writing team of William Roetzheim and Randy Becker. William started his career in the tech industry. After launching multiple software companies, he turned his attention to writing, penning an award-winning trilogy of plays about America’s great poets. Randy is an Emmy-nominated producer who began his career as an actor starring in film, television, and on Broadway, including the Tony Award–winning play Love! Valour! Compassion! He now expresses his creativity through writing and producing. This is the third book William and Randy have co-authored as Eden Francis Compton, including Emily and Catch & Kill.

Melissa B. Robinson is a writer, actor, director, and journalist based in Washington, D.C. She is the author of the nonfiction book The Search for Canasta 404: Love, Loss, and the POW/MIA Movement (UPNE 2006). Melissa has a BA/BS from Boston College and an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She spent a decade with The Associated Press and has covered a vast array of national and international topics over her long career. She serves as a humor writing judge for the National Press Club. Catch and Kill (Level 4 Press 2024) is her fiction debut.