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Annie McGrogan #1
Alibi for an Actress
Annie McGrogan, a struggling actress doing the audition rounds, is waiting for her big break when she reads about Private Investigator Duke DeNobili. Duke is skeptical, but who better than an actress for the role of a P.I.? So Annie gets the callback for a job babysitting the star of a bottom-ranked soap opera who says a fan is after her. But when the star's husband turns up dead, DeNobili and McGrogan have their work cut out for them.
- GenresMystery
250 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1992
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November 16, 2025
This was fun. I'm disappointed there are only two by this author. The voice of the lead character is delightful, down to earth, and believable. Almost a parody of a crime novel except too earnest. I thoroughly enjoyed this free little library find and am ready to hunt out the second one!
March 17, 2014
Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
August 4, 2008
ALIBI FOR AN ACTRESS - Okay
Farrell, Gillian B. - 1st in series
Out-of-work actress Annie McGrogan eagerly grabs any temp assignments she can get from ``Duke'' DeNobili, ex-cop turned big-time p.i.--including the job of baby-sitting soap-opera star Lucinda Merrill, who's been scared by anonymous threats. And so, when Lucinda's kinky, druggie husband is murdered, Annie--who can swear she was watching over Lucinda on the night in question--becomes the key to the TV star's alibi. But what about the eyewitness who saw Lucinda at the murder site? It's up to Annie to puzzle out this contradiction and clear Lucinda's name.
Cute but cliched.
Farrell, Gillian B. - 1st in series
Out-of-work actress Annie McGrogan eagerly grabs any temp assignments she can get from ``Duke'' DeNobili, ex-cop turned big-time p.i.--including the job of baby-sitting soap-opera star Lucinda Merrill, who's been scared by anonymous threats. And so, when Lucinda's kinky, druggie husband is murdered, Annie--who can swear she was watching over Lucinda on the night in question--becomes the key to the TV star's alibi. But what about the eyewitness who saw Lucinda at the murder site? It's up to Annie to puzzle out this contradiction and clear Lucinda's name.
Cute but cliched.
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