The Hellraiser of the Hollywood Hills: A McAfee Twins Novel
Twin private investigators Kerry and Terry McAfee are used to working the sleazy side of Hollywood, but they get more than they bargained for when they save celebrity "It" girl Bethany from aggressive paparazzi and end up wanted for kidnapping. The charges are dropped, thanks to their lawyer and friend Eli Weintraub and a convenient reality television show taping, and the whole thing may have been a publicity stunt for Bethany's up-coming tour, but something's not adding up. Bethany's manager hires the twins as the star's latest pair of bodyguards, only to have Bethany disappear in a stolen car. With the star on the loose and in disguise, the twins have their work cut out for them. Then people start turning up dead.Fans of Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" series would be entirely at home with level-headed Kerry, wannabe-stuntwoman Terry, and their assortment of odd-ball friends and acquaintances, from a trio of helpful prostitutes to dog-sitter/actor/duck hatcher Lance Manley.Lively characters and plenty of action and humor make this mystery more than worthy of its wacky La-La Land setting. -- Publishers WeeklyOK, take the Hardy Boys. Make them into modern twin girls (one gay, one straight, both redheaded, both lifetime denizens of Hollywood, California) and set them loose to solve crimes in a city gone mad with reality shows, paparazzi, and out-of-control celebrities. Zany, yes - but it works. . .You can't teach someone to write like this; you are either born able to generate such wit, or you'll never be able to learn it. . .I got a big kick out of this story, and only hope there will soon be another madcap crime spree in Hollywood for the McAfee Twins to solve." -- Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love