*A page-turner of a mystery. A lovable sleuth. A real winner!”
−Janet Evanovich
“A Greek mythology twist and crackling insider insight into the fascinating soap opera world enhance this clever whodunit.”
−Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“DEAD EX is a wicked-smart, scalpel-sharp jewel of a book. Harley Jane Kozak brings an insider's eye to the denizen's lurking in Hollywood, and skewers them with laugh-out-loud results. I loved it!”
−Robert Crais
“It's been much too long since Wollie Shelley's last appearance. But now she's back, and her newest adventure is just as entertaining as her first two....Quirky characters with witty dialog and snappy comebacks make the writing sparkle.”
−Library Journal (Starred Review)
“Harley Jane Kozak has a voice like no other. DEAD EX is sassy, pert, and a mile a minute page turner − filled with dry wit and a tongue and cheek look at Hollywood that could only be told through such an entertainer. Witty, unique, pure temptation and tons of fun. A seriously not to be missed book that stands all on its own. Fabulous!”
−Heather Graham, author of The Dead Room
“Harley Jane Kozak's DEAD EX is a delightful romp through the world of daytime TV. It's fast, sexy and genuinely funny. If there's a more likeable heroine than hers - she composes greeting cards while she's not solving crimes! - I haven't found her yet. Don't miss this story.”
−T. Jefferson Parker, author of Storm Runners
Synopsis
Harley Jane Kozak is back, and so is Wollie Shelley, the hilarious and charismatic heroine of Kozak’s award-winning Dating Dead Men and Dating Is Murder. Wollie has stumbled into some bad situations before, but nothing had prepared her for a DEAD EX (Doubleday; On-Sale: August 7, 2007; 978-0-385-51802-4). Praised by critics and readers alike for her witty sense of humor and her impeccable sense of suspense, Kozak now turns to the quirky and volatile world of television soaps for another laugh-out-loud whodunit.
When David Zetrakis, a prominent television producer, is found dead in his home with a gun shot wound to the head, there’s bound to be a feeding frenzy in the media. But since David is an old boyfriend, Wollie finds the ripples are a little to close to home. To make matters worse, Wollie’s friend Joey also dated the producer – an often explosive relationship that the paparazzi remembers all to well. The fact that David had once fired Joey from the popular soap At the End of the Day, on top of the discovery that upon his death she inherited a two-million dollar Klimt painting makes her the prime suspect in the eyes of the LAPD.
Despite Joey’s recently erratic behavior, Wollie knows she didn’t kill David. So in her trademark gumshoeing style Wollie sets out to figure out who else had means and motive, which leads her to a host of oddball characters, any of whom could have pulled the trigger.
And for Wollie, the fact that she’s also navigating a second murder; a disappearing suspect; a cop and a lover, both frustratingly dedicated to their work; and a very unhappy killer who’s focused on keeping the truth out of the tabloids, is just par for the course.
With DEAD EX Harley Jane Kozak has penned another uproariously entertaining Wollie Shelley mystery and an utterly unputdownable novel.
About the Author:
Harley Jane Kozak is an actor whose screen credits include Parenthood, The Favor, and Arachnophobia. She is the Agatha, Anthony, and MaCavity award-winning author of DATING DEAD MEN and DATING IS MURDER. She lives in Topanga Canyon, California.
DEAD EX
Harley Jane Kozak
Doubleday
On Sale: August 7, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-385-51802-4; 352 pages; $21.95
For more information about DEAD EX, or to arrange an interview with Harley Jane Kozak, please contact Andrea O’Brien at 212-782-8943 or aobrien@randomhouse.com
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