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Hollywood Headlines Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-3) (2000)

by Gemma Halliday(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: These were a fun and light read. I actually liked them more than I thought I would.HOLLYWOOD SCANDALSTina Bender is the gossip columnist at the infamous L.A. Informer tabloid. She knows everything about everyone who's anyone. And she's not afraid to print it. That is, until she receives a threatening note, promising, "If you don't stop writing about me, you're dead." Teaming with a built bodyguard, a bubbly blonde, and an alcoholic obituary writer, Tina sets out to uncover just which juicy piece of Hollywood gossip is worth killing over.HOLLYWOOD SECRETSCameron Dakota is the L.A. Informer's staff photographer and paparazzi extraordinaire. Her latest subject is Trace Brody, top-shelf actor and half of America's favorite Hollywood couple. Trace is about to get married in a b... morelow-out wedding, and Cams editor, Felix Dunn (from the High Heels Mysteries), has assigned her to get the first shots of the bride and groom. But when Cam takes pictures of what looks like Trace being threatened at gunpoint, she suddenly finds herself smack in the middle of a scandal more sensational than even she could invent. On the run, under fire, and in serious danger of falling in love with one leading man, Cam must get to the bottom of this story... before she becomes tomorrow's headline.HOLLYWOOD CONFESSIONSAllie Quick has high aspirations - much higher than reporting on the latest celebrity gossip for the L.A. Informer, Hollywood's most notorious tabloid. But if she's going to join the ranks of the real reporters, she's going to need a headline worthy story under her belt. Which is just what she gets when the producer of the trashiest reality shows on TV winds up murdered, and Allie convinces her editor, Felix Dunn, that this story has her name written all over it. Between an aging dance-off judge, a family with sextuplets and triplets, and the star of a little person dating show, Allie has no shortage of reality stars to question. But when she finds herself falling for her prime suspect, Allie's relationship with her editor is suddenly on the rocks, and her life is in danger. This is one deadline Allie can't afford to miss!
review 2: I'd give Book 1: 4 stars, Book 2: 3 stars, and Book 3: 3 stars.This series of books remind me of the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series. It's got a similar writing style with similar characters and situations. The biggest difference is that the Stephanie Plum series feels much more polished. Also, the Stephanie Plum books actually make me laugh out loud. The High Heels series never made me do that although I did occasionally roll my eyes. ;-)In the "High Heels" series, the author relies heavily on a formula and every book between 1 and 6 has exactly the same formula and just minor variations to the plot, etc. I think that reading all 6 books back-to-back really caused me to notice the formula and weaker characterizations. The author has phrases too that were highly predictable. You knew it was coming before it was said. That is fine for light, simple reads. I don't know that I'll ready any more in this series. I may. I don't see me reading these books over and over again through the years like I do with Stephanie Plum. less

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