Down and Out in Beverly Heels
Scott (Dark Passages), best known for her star turn on the TV show Dark Shadows, delivers a unique novel about a Hollywood actress short on cash and down on her luck. Meg Barnes is reduced to reading for a guest part in a pilot after prior success in a popular television series. Her husband, Paul, has disappeared after bilking investors in a scam that bankrupted Meg and let her homeless. She assumes Paul is dead – until a friend mentions seeing him in San Diego, Calif. Gamely, Meg films her own pilot during the week and goes on madcap weekend adventures in search of Paul and answers. Mystery and romance are craftily combined as Meg finds a new love interest in Jack, the FBI agent who investigated Paul’s disappearance. Scott gives the readers a first-hand view of the fickle nature of Hollywood in a fast-paced story complete with eccentric characters and a plethora of mysterious twists and turns.