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Star Struck: A Quinn Collins Mystery
Hollywood Star reporter Quinn Collins thinks she's seen it all--covering the oddball beat that is Tinsel Town--until she stumbles upon the body of young Shane King, a notoriously incompetent "baby mogul" producer, dead in his hot tub of an apparent heroin overdose.
Shane was many things, most of them nasty, but he was not a user--he'd never fully recovered from his older brother's tragic drug overdose death several years earlier. Quinn, with her snooping skills honed to an art form, can't refuse a plea for help from the boy's father, with whom she once had a torrid love affair.
When another "accident" kills Shane's girlfriend, Quinn picks up a trail that leads back to a ten-year-old murder and a cover-up by some heavy Hollywood hitters. As Quinn knows, in La La Land, it's all about connections--even when those connections turn deadly.
Shane was many things, most of them nasty, but he was not a user--he'd never fully recovered from his older brother's tragic drug overdose death several years earlier. Quinn, with her snooping skills honed to an art form, can't refuse a plea for help from the boy's father, with whom she once had a torrid love affair.
When another "accident" kills Shane's girlfriend, Quinn picks up a trail that leads back to a ten-year-old murder and a cover-up by some heavy Hollywood hitters. As Quinn knows, in La La Land, it's all about connections--even when those connections turn deadly.
- GenresMystery
228 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2002
About the author
Nancy Baker Jacobs
25 books5 followersNancy Baker Jacobs is the award-winning author of 13 crime novels, including the Devon MacDonald private eye series; FLASH POINT (featuring arson investigator Susan Delancey) and STAR STRUCK (introducing "Hollywood Star" reporter Quinn Collins); and seven suspense novels. Her latest suspense offering, RICOCHET, was chosen by the Mystery Writers of America as a finalist for its Mary Higgins Clark Award.
As Nancy C. Baker, she's also written six nonfiction books on subjects ranging from black market adoption to breast cancer.
Nancy Baker Jacobs has worked as a private detective, a university professor and administrator, and a journalist. She lives on California's Monterey Peninsula.
As Nancy C. Baker, she's also written six nonfiction books on subjects ranging from black market adoption to breast cancer.
Nancy Baker Jacobs has worked as a private detective, a university professor and administrator, and a journalist. She lives on California's Monterey Peninsula.
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August 6, 2023
This was a nice little read. Good solid plot. Good characters. A few too many "lucky" plot twists. But solid.
March 25, 2015
Star Struck by Nancy Baker Jacobs This was a pretty interesting read.
It's about when Quinn Collins, a reporter in Hollywood agrees to look into a suspicious death of a friend's son. Quinn is an amazing and strong character. I'm glad I picked this book up.
It's about when Quinn Collins, a reporter in Hollywood agrees to look into a suspicious death of a friend's son. Quinn is an amazing and strong character. I'm glad I picked this book up.
April 10, 2021
Not as good as her master piece "See Mommy Run".
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