Hollywood actress Hope Hadley doesn’t think that things can get any worse for her. In the last twenty-four hours, her boyfriend has broken up with her and her long-running police procedural TV show has been canceled. When a homicide detective shows up at her door the next morning with news that her ex-boyfriend has been murdered, she is shocked–not only to learn of his death, but also to find … out that the police consider her to be a suspect in the killing. Hope soon realizes that the only way to clear her name is by finding the real killer herself.
Other Books By Meredith Potts:
Hope Hadley Eight Book Set
Cozy Mystery Sixteen Book Set
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Hope Hadley is forty and her life crumbles before her eyes. In the space of twenty-four hours her series is dropped and her boyfriend breaks up with her. The reason for both- she is too old. Not surprising giving Hollywood’s obsession with youth. She believes things can’t get worse but they do. She quickly finds herself suspect number one in her ex boyfriend’s murder.
This is the first cozy mystery in the Hope Hadley’s series. The characters are well crafted with lots of personalities. The narrative was well written and told from the heroine’s point of view giving insight into her thoughts, emotions, motivations and actions. I enjoyed how confident she was. The storyline flows smoothly and quickly. The mystery was well done with plenty of believable suspects, lots of interesting clues, surprises, twists, danger and suspense. I was engaged and read it in one sitting. I look forward to reading more stories from this series.
Fame is a Killer earns 4.5/5 Golden Statues…Fun!
The game is afoot, except…Strike one! Hope Hadley has just wrapped on the final episode of her cancelled Sassy Sleuth show with no roles waiting in the wings. Strike two! Her long-time boyfriend has decided to move on with someone else half his age. Strike Three! Her boyfriend has been found dead bludgeoned with his thespian statue. Strike four? The police have set their sights on her as their number one suspect. Hope has the genes with her father, a thirty-year veteran detective, and her brother, currently a homicide detective, so channelling her on-screen personae makes for a successful combination to sift through suspects and find a killer. And a new career path, maybe, but at least a new direction. The drama, written from Hope’s perspective, is a fun, entertaining cozy perfect with a nice BFF dynamic, perilous predicaments, and “gotcha” ending. Narrator Rachel Carr gives a rousing performance, just slightly over eager in tone and speed. She read in more of a traditional reading out loud with some changes in dialect to portray various female characters, however there isn’t a major difference to depict male characters. None of this effected my ultimate enjoyment…fun! Book one down, onto book two!
I loved this Hollywood murder mystery. Hope Hadley is at the end of her acting career she fears. Her successful detective show comes to end. Her agent can’t find any more work for her as casting wants women younger. As if that isn’t enough to deal with, she learns her ex boyfriend was murdered. And the detective thinks she is main suspect. She figures the only thing she can do is prove she is innocent by finding the killer herself. Taking the skills she learned as an actor playing a detective she starts investigating. That’s where the world of acting and real life differ. Soon she is in real danger. This was a great mystery. I loved following Hope on her investigation and I really was stumped on the killer until the end. I am so glad this is a series. I can’t wait to see where life takes Hope next. Definitely recommend this to fans of good murder mysteries that will have them guessing until the end.
This very short book has no bad language or sex in writing style, and suitable for young readers. It is a cozy mystery-just not one for the target audience that it was aimed for.
As an adult I found it wasn’t for adults but for a young teenager who would like it better.
It strikes me that there doesn’t seem to be a explanation for the stars that are given. So I thought I’d start giving my take on it.
1 horrible no redeeming qualities. So far I’ve never given a 1.
2 blah but there are redeeming qualities.
3 ok worth reading.
4 great but there’s something off.
5 loved it.
So now about this story. A great beginning for a series. I can’t wait for more of this series, I want to say more about this story but I absolutely hate spoilers, so I won’t do it to you by going into details. I wish we could give half stars I’d have given this a 4 1/2 stars.
The narrator brings the story to life.
Reasons I enjoyed this audio book:
Witty, Wonderful characters, Page-turner, Great world building, Unpredictable, Original, Easy-to-read/listen, Entertaining, Funny.
Bookshelves/tags:
contemporary, humorous, mystery, series, short.
This Audio book was given to me at my request from the publisher, author or narrator and I provided this unbiased voluntary review.