Simone Glass finds herself working for an infamous scandal sheet and she’s learning things she didn’t learn in journalism school.  Things like, wearing rubber gloves while searching through the trash, never give your real name and trust no one.  Hollywood is a pot seething with scandal and Simone is hot on it’s trail.  She hides out in a dumpster to overhear an incriminating conversation, works as a waitress to get in on a party and sneaks onto the set of the new, hot TV series, Suburban Indiscretions.  When a soap opera star is found dead and her assistant is insisting that someone killed her, Simone starts to investigate.  Then a stripper is found drenched in her own blood and suddenly everyone is acting paranoid.  She needs to uncover the murderer and quickly, before she herself becomes just a statistic.   

This reviewer enjoys an action-packed mystery and Alison Gaylin delivers a mystery with a punch.  Her characters are down to earth, gutsy and multi-dimensional.  Ms. Gaylin writes a snappy story that holds the reader until its last page.  Using Hollywood and its sordid, dirty scandals, Ms. Gaylin leads her reader down dark alleys and introduces many a shady character.  She keeps her readers guessing, throwing out one red herring after another.  This reviewer was hanging on until the end wondering just who the criminal was.  Simone is a sympathetic heroine whose conscience gets her in trouble sometimes.  There is also a romantic connection running through the story that adds a little sizzle and spark.  Alison Gaylin is an author that is on this reviewer’s ‘to watch’ list and this reviewer will certainly be looking up her back titles.

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