The director wants Grace Chapel to be the setting for a pivotal scene and the town itself is a perfect back drop for the film. While some residents are thrilled about the revenue the shoot will bring, and some want to star in the picture, others are less certain that the disruption will be welcome, and a director with a nefarious reputation doesn't help. Can the town keep from becoming star-struck long enough to make a wise decision?

Novel centers on the life of fictional film executive Monroe Stahr, circa Hollywood in the 1930s. Stahr is modeled loosely on the life of film executive Irving Thalberg.

When the head of her two-year-old daughter's school is killed in a hit-and-run "accident," Juliet Applebaum, a public defender turned stay-at-home mom, finds herself investigating the murder of the preschool principal.

After realizing how many fellow cast and crew members of "Tristan and Isolde" have met suspicious and untimely deaths, actress Anastasia Day fights her own agoraphobia as she works to uncover the culprit behind the deadly spree. But can Anastasia stop the murderer before the upcoming re-release gala, or will the gala become everyone's final curtain?

What happens when lust and desire collide with marriage and power--and the results lead to murder? Cameron Paradise, a stunningly beautiful twenty-four-year-old personal trainer, flees her abusive boyfriend in Australia and ends up in L.A. Cameron soon gets a job at a private fitness club where she encounters the city's most important players. She has plans to open her own studio, and while every man she meets comes on to her, she is focused on working...

In 1949 Los Angeles, Lily Kessler, a former stenographer and spy for the OSS, is asked by her late fiancé's mother to find out what happened to his sister Kitty, an actress who is missing from her Hollywood boardinghouse. Although the aspiring starlets at the house insist that Kitty is off somewhere furthering her career, her body is found the next day in a ravine below the Hollywood sign. Unimpressed by the local police, Lily investigates on her...

"Molly Bit doesn't believe she's destined for success - she knows it. This certainly helps her get through the countless auditions featuring actors who look and dress just like she does; helps her swallow the indignity of less talented actors landing roles; even helps her endure the industry's aggressive over-sexualizing of young women. When Molly is offered a lead role in a major film, she knows, too, that to seize this opportunity she must sacrifice...

All that glitters is not gold in the Golden Age of Hollywood when ex-LAPD detective Chris Blanchard goes to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios mogul Louis B. Mayer and stumbles into the murders of "Photographer to the Stars" Otto Rothman and B-movie actor Day Covington. Blanchard's hunt for the killer uncovers a blackmail scheme by the Nazi-infested German American Bund that will cause the deaths of thousands if he doesn't find and deliver a collection...

"Ever a man of mystery and intrigue, Teddy Fay has donned a new disguise--that of Mark Weldon, a stuntman and actor starring in Centurion Pictures's newest film. When the leading lady begins receiving blackmail threats, Teddy is in the perfect position to investigate, and it soon becomes clear that the villains have more in their sights than just money. Money they've got. What they need is prestige, the caché of a respected studio to lend authority...

Igor, an embittered and jealous Russian businessman with a history of violent behavior, follows his ex-wife, Ewa, and her new husband Hamid Hussein, a famous fashion designer, to the Cannes International Film Festival. Intent on causing brutal destruction as a means of winning his wife back, the crooked Igor sets out on a maniacal killing spree. Amidst the fast-paced suspense, author Paulo Coelho introduces an assortment of flawed characters, satirizing...