The Dead Celeb — Lindsay Maracotta

IN TINSELTOWN, IF YOU'RE NOT A NAME, YOU'RE DEAD. JEREMY LORD IS BOTH.

Lucy Freers just wants to make animated movies and to raise as functional a family as possible in the midst of the Hollywood hysteria. Unfortunately, her film producing husband Kit has been stricken with the dreaded "Mogul Virus"--which compels seemingly down-to-earth people to hire personal trainers and drive fancy sports cars--and he's gone a bit batty over the suspicious on-location death of his director, the much-despised cinematic whiz-kid Jeremy Lord. Suddenly Lucy's only hope of maintaining some semblance of domestic bliss is to dive alone into the Pacific Palisades shark pool of actors, agents, industry honchos, lavish spenders, spoiled brats, ex-wives and voluptuous nannies, and to come out with a killer. But the irreverent wisecrack is her only weapon in this ocean of sex, lies and celluloid--and it may not be formidable enough to protect Lucy from the dangerous predator who's circling her exclusive Hollywood enclave.