Danger Music — Jackie Hyman

When an investigative reporter begins digging into a Hollywood cold case, someone will go to any lengths - including murder - to ensure the truth remains hidden. Freelance writer Kenny Rubin has an unusual magazine assignment: to solve the strangulation five years earlier of aspiring actress Melinda Rivers. And she's supposed to do it before the airing of a TV movie that's probing the same subject. Many of the people involved in making the movie knew Melinda and, as Kenny begins interviewing the principles, people around her start dying. Someone, it appears, is afraid the truth really might surface. When events take an unexpected turn, she finally puts the pieces together - only to discover that she's delivered herself right into the hands of the killer.

Jackie Diamond Hyman lives in Brea, California.