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61) The dark palace
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2014.
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English
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The secret to film is that it's only an illusion… or so he thought.
London, April 1914. Against his better judgement, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn is attending the premiere of the new motion picture by notorious American film-maker Konrad Waechter.
But the glamorous event is interrupted by the piercing screams of a young woman in the street outside. She has been viciously mutilated in a horrific accident which eerily echoes a macabre act of...
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English
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From the Publisher: The beloved, bestselling international author of The Alchemist returns with another haunting novel -- a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fame, fortune, and celebrity. A profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, The Winner Stands Alone is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cinema. Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours...
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Simon & Schuster
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English
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In her most scandalously titillating novel since the #1 bestselling Hollywood Wives, internationally renowned author Jackie Collins once again takes her readers behind the scenes and into the bedrooms of Hollywood's glamorous world of superstardom, where narcissism is a virtue, and fidelity means not sleeping with anyone less attractive than your spouse. Leaving her readers to guess which real celebrities she has used as models for her fabulous characters,...
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English
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"The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's secretary, the innocent and...
66) The glitter dome
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Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1981.
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English
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After the murder of a major film studio's president in Hollywood, two veteran homicide detectives discover the extent to which they have been seduced by Hollywood.
67) Margin of error
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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Hollywood actor Lance Westfell arrives in Miami for the shoot of a film in which he plays a reporter. To familiarize him with the profession, reporter Britt Montero is assigned to keep him company. A dangerous assignment as the actor is being stalked by a woman.
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Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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When a Hollywood location scout comes to Applewood, Long Island, and announces that the local elementary school might make the perfect backdrop for an upcoming George Clooney movie, the PTA's decorum crumbles like a cookie from last week's bake sale.
Enter Maddie, Ruth, and Lisa, three women who become the glue that holds the project together, forging a bond of friendship stronger than anyone could imagine. And not a moment too soon, as marriage...
70) Almost paradise
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Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1984]
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English
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Traces the lives and marriage of Nicholas Cableigh, a well-born, successful actor, and Jane, articulate, intelligent television talk show participant.
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2003.
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English
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Viking in Wonderland
Magnus Ericsson is a simple man. He loves the smell of fresh-turned dirt after springtime plowing. He loves the feel of a soft woman under him in the bed furs. He loves the heft of a good sword in his fighting arm.
But, Holy Thor, what he does not relish is the bothersome brood of children he's been saddled with. Or the mysterious happenstance that strands him in a strange new land- the kingdom of Holly Wood. Here is a place...
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English
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The Academy Awards® is Hollywood's biggest night, and there's no star better than tart-tongued Max Taylor to hold court on the Red Carpet, sharing the dish with her daughter, Drew. Tonight Max has landed a real coup: an exclusive interview with paparazzi-trailed Oscar nominee Halsey Hamilton. But not even Max, who's seen her share of celebrity train wrecks, is prepared for Halsey, straight out of rehab, to drop dead at the hem of Max's stunning gown....
74) The ticket out
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Ann Whitehead is sick of her job. She's a movie critic for a counterculture rag in Los Angeles and she needs a break badly. Instead of a break, she gets a murder. A woman dies in Ann's bathtub: the victim is a film school grad and Industry hopeful. It's the kind of story Ann was born to write, but the disgraced LAPD detective leading the investigation is determined to stop her. The search for the killer turns into a search for the victim's missing...
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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This follow-up to the classic black comedy about the film industry.
In The Player, the Hollywood novel that was adapted into the celebrated movie by Robert Altman, film executive Griffin Mill got away with murder. Now Mill is back, down to his last six million dollars, i.e., broke. His second wife wants to leave him. His first wife still loves him. His children hate him. And, believing that the end of the world is happening, he wants to save them...
77) The diamond lane
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Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
Description
Reluctantly back home in L.A. after 16 years in Africa, documentary filmmaker Mouse FitzHenry longs for the harsh, teeming jungle life her lens took in so lovingly. Wrenched Stateside by a family emergency, with her longtime boyfriend/collaborator in tow, Mouse is instantly beleaguered by a past she'd leapt continents to escape. In this rollicking novel, Karbo explores familiar subjects - the phony glitz of Hollywood, the fairy tale lure of love and...
78) Taboo
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Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
1992 ([1993])
Language
English
Description
Kate Hamilton rises from humble beginnings to the top of Hollywood.
80) Raise the devil
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Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
Description
A starlet is dead, and it falls to Scott Elliott to avenge her In the penthouse of a Las Vegas casino, a gang of mobsters play poker, betting sums that would make even the most seasoned gamblers blush. In the bedroom lies Beverly Brooks, one of Tinseltown's most beautiful leading ladies. She has been kidnapped for the amusement of the don. Scott Elliott, Hollywood sleuth, has come to save her. Dressed as a bellhop, he slips her out through the service...
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