When P.I. Sarah Booth makes a bid for film stardom, she may land a chance to shoot on location in Costa Rica--or she may find herself in a whole heap of trouble.
Motion picture industry
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Author:Haines, CarolynSummary: - Author:Thompson, M. DionSummary:
Skip lost his parents in a car accident when he was just a boy, and since then Grandma Sarah's been watching over him. Now he has a chance to leave the cotton fields of Texas behind and travel to Hollywood in hopes of beginning an...
- Author:Bowen, Gail, Karkanis, AthenaSummary:
Arthur Ellis Award-winning author. Grand Master Award of Crime Writers of Canada (2018). The "queen of Canadian crime fiction" (Winnipeg Free Press) returns with a new installment in the Joanne Kilbourn series that is perfect for...
- Author:Camilleri, AndreaSummary:
Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. The director asks locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigàta in that time. Engineer Ernesto...
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Author:Hamilton, IanSummary:Ava travels to Beijing for the premiere of her secret lover Pang Fai's latest film, Mao's Daughter. After the screening, a distraught Fai tells Ava that she is being blackmailed by senior officials of the China Movie Syndicate...
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Author:Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:"The Englishman's Boy brilliantly links together Hollywood in the 1920s with one of the bloodiest, most brutal events of the nineteenth-century Canadian West - the Cypress Hills Massacre. Vanderhaeghe's rendering of the...
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Author:West, NathanaelSummary: - Author:Dorsey, Tim.Summary:
Serge and sidekick Coleman head out west to take on Hollywood bigwigs and L.A. lowlifes in Dorsey's most outrageous novel yet. Before Tinseltown knows what's hit it, Serge has made an unforgettable foray to the Playboy Mansion and come...
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Author:Crouse, RichardSummary:Fans of offbeat cinema, discriminating renters and collectors, and movie buffs will drool over this checklist of the best overlooked and underappreciated films of the last 100 years. In Son of the 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen...
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Author:Blagrave, MarkSummary:Lillie Dempster of Saint John, New Brunswick, often imagines herself on the big screen. It is the one fantastic escape she can afford from her tragic daily life. In the burgeoning early years of the twentieth century, Lillie is a lot...
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Author:Bowen, MichaelSummary:Attorney Rep Pennyworth has the client from hell... Charlotte Buchanan, author of a mystery of no particular merit, contends her 1997 novel was stolen and used as the basis for a 1999 film. She wants to sue. Rep would blow her off, but...
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Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:Will following his dreams take Trenton too far? All Trent has ever wanted is to be a filmmaker. But when his Uncle Mike, a Hollywood director, asks Trent to help him film the high-pressure world of stock-car racing, Trent gets a lot...
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Author:Sinclair, UptonSummary:Enraged by the oil scandals of the Harding administration in the 1920s, Sinclair tells a gripping tale of avarice, corruption, and class warfare, featuring a cavalcade of characters, including senators, oil magnates, Hollywood film...
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Author:Downie, JillSummary:This double edition of the Moretti and Falla Mystery series presents Jill Downie's Daggers and Men's Smiles and A Grave Waiting. Daggers and Men's Smiles: Lights! Camera! Action! On the English Channel island of Guernsey, Detective...
- Author:Collins, JackieSummary:
Outrageusement rétro, délicieusement kitsch et sexy à souhait! Plongez dans les années 1970 sous la plume de la reine incontestée de la littérature torride! David, un jeune quarantenaire à l’allure virile et à la popularité indéniable...
- Author:Harris, CharlaineSummary:
When Robin Crusoe returns to Lawrenceton to create a film, Roe Teagarden is surprised to learn that her estranged stepson is part of the crew, and when the neighborhood goes film crazy, an unknown murderer begins a killing spree.
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Author:Wong, Cindy H.Summary: -
Author:Kotcheff, Ted, Young, JoshSummary:With six decades in show business, legendary director Ted Kotcheff looks back on his life
Born to immigrant parents and raised in the slums of Toronto during the Depression, Ted Kotcheff learned storytelling on the...
- Author:Marsolais, GillesSummary:
Cet ouvrage rassemble des études portant sur des cinéastes et des films du cinéma québécois. Dans un langage accessible et précis, ces textes, issus d’un exercice critique échelonné sur plusieurs années, vont directement au cœur des...
- Author:Castellucci, CecilSummary:
Feeling alienated from everyone around her, Los Angeles high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that...
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