The Actor’s Guide to Adultery by Lee Hollis
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When a poisoned guest drops dead at his best friend’s wedding, former child star Jarrod Jarvis becomes convinced the groom is responsible. His investigation takes him from Los Angeles to a bizarre South Florida film set, where a dangerous stalker, a suspicious husband, a butch private investigator, and the mob complicate his search for the truth.
Description
Jarrod Jarvis has had better weeks.
First, the California parole board decides to release the stalker who has haunted him since his childhood acting days. Then his NBC pilot dies before it even reaches the air. Finally, his agent and best friend Laurette announces that she’s marrying Juan Carlos Barranco, a gorgeous but decidedly shady soap actor.
At least there’s a wedding. Until one of the guests has a very public confrontation with Juan Carlos, crashes into the three-tier wedding cake, and turns up poisoned by champagne.
Jarrod is convinced that Juan Carlos knows more about the murder than he’s letting on. His hunky LAPD boyfriend Charlie would prefer that Jarrod leave the investigation to the professionals, but Jarrod has never been particularly good at staying out of trouble. He follows Juan Carlos to the set of his latest movie and takes a supporting role in the production himself.
Soon Jarrod finds himself stranded in surreal South Florida, making a movie for scale, keeping tabs on his best friend’s potentially cheating husband, wrestling with an unexpected attraction to a butch private investigator, and trying to stay ahead of the mob.
But someone is watching Jarrod, too. And whoever is following him believes he knows far too much.
The Actor’s Guide to Adultery is another campy Jarrod Jarvis mystery packed with Hollywood absurdity, theatrical personalities, queer characters, murder, romance, and danger.
Book Details
- Title: The Actor’s Guide to Adultery
- Series: A Jarrod Jarvis Mystery
- Author: Lee Hollis
- ISBN: 1496762665
- Format: Paperback
- Genre: Mystery / Detective Fiction
- Setting: Los Angeles and South Florida
- Series Character: Jarrod Jarvis
- Themes: Murder mystery, Hollywood, celebrity culture, queer characters, romance, crime, humor
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