Murder in Seabrook Shores — Jane O'Brien

What fun for Samantha Degan, amateur sleuth! Her best-selling book about the murder of her former employer, Professor Stonehill, is being made into a movie, and she and her friend Megan are on their way to California to meet with the film crew. The women are enjoying the first-class treatment they're getting, but Samantha is soon flabbergasted when she discovers that the actress designated to play her in the movie is the former girlfriend of her husband Fletch! Seems the glamorous young woman is just using the movie to get back together with Fletch, and destroy Samantha's reputation in the process. The woman has finagled the film's financier�"�"the notorious “Mr. C”�"�"into having the script rewritten to make her look good and Samantha look bad. Samantha is fit to be tied. However, before she can do anything�"�"Mr. C is murdered, and this Hollywood caper takes a deadly turn!