Murder At Heartbreak Hospital

by Henry Slesar

Heartbreak Hospital is one of the most popular TV soap operas, an endless saga of life and death, love and to many of its fans, the characters seem much more real than the actors who play them. The character everyone loves to hate is Andrea Harmon, the soap's classic Bitch, played by Sunday Tyler—a ruthless, demanding, manipulative actress who has alienated everyone connected with the show. The only person who has seen Sunday's softer side is Bill Troy of the New York Police Department Movie/TV Unit, who is inevitably drawn into the case when Sunday is murdered, and no one has a satisfactory alibi.

248 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_S...

alternate names:
- Clyde Mitchell
- O.H. Leslie
- Ivar Jorgensen
- E.K. Jarvis
- Lawrence Chandler
- Sley Harson
- Gerald Vance
- Jeff Heller
- Eli Jerome

Reviews

[Neer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humorous take at the bitchy world of TV serials where inflated egos, insecurities, and role-playing can lead even to murder.

*

First Line: "We can't just have her killed," the man in the checked shirt said, with an earnest expression only slightly marred by the fragment of shrimp tail he was picking out of his teeth.

First Published: 1990
Source: Open Library

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was hard to keep all of the minor characters straight, perhaps because I read this in short patches over a long period of time. This confusion detracted from the story a bit for me. I didn't see the plot twist coming, however, which made the climax and ending enjoyable.

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

Soap opera mystery had a couple good twists in the plot
PCL HB