Cancellation by Death — Dorian Yeager

As a working New York actress (i.e., only unemployed most of the time), Victoria Bowering ("Vic," please) is used to picking up the odd Odd Job while she waits for her Big Break. But her stint as an extra on the hot soap "Raging Passions" may launch a whole new career: investigator. When the heartthrob star of "Raging Passions" is murdered, his slightly flaky widow, remembering Vic's periodic desperation gigs as a psychic fortuneteller, turns to Vic for help. Soon Vic is finagling information from cast members, producers, her almost-ex husband, and several of the dashing men she's dating - and getting dangerously close to a show-stopping secret. Dorian Yeager, herself a New York actress, writer, and playwright, has created a marvelously funny and unforgettable new private eye - one with a definite flair for the dramatic.