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Screenplay of Death
(2027)(The second book in the Xanadu Canyon Mystery series)
A novel by Patricia Rice
A thirty-year-old Hollywood murder. A reporter dead before she can expose the truth. A cold case someone will kill to keep buried.
When an investigative reporter falls from the roof of XRM Studios shortly before she can reveal new evidence about the mysterious death of her actress aunt, her case is easily closed as a suicide.
Rio Cruze, the studio’s security chief and former police officer, believes otherwise. Reluctant heir to XRM’s struggling Hollywood legacy, Dr. Adrian Whitney fears another suspicious death could destroy the studio's future. But Rio’s provoking demand for investigation challenges the history professor not to bury the truth, as it has been in the past.
Together the amateur sleuths reopen a cold case that leads to a hidden diary, long-buried secrets, and an aging killer determined to cover up the past. The deeper Adrian and Rio dig, the more dangerous the investigation becomes—and the harder it is to ignore the growing attraction between them.
Someone got away with murder thirty years ago.
Someone is willing to repeat history.
A missing diary—A forgotten film—Hollywood secrets worth killing for.
Screenplay of Death is the second Xanadu Canyon Mystery—a cozy contemporary mystery featuring old Hollywood intrigue, a cold case, clean romantic tension, eccentric characters, and plenty of twists. Perfect for readers who enjoy cozy contemporary mysteries, cold cases, old Hollywood intrigue, clean romance, and clever amateur sleuths.
Series description: : History professor and reluctant studio heir Dr. Adrian Whitney teams up with former LAPD officer Rio Cruze to solve murders rooted in Hollywood's past while navigating family loyalty, studio politics, and a growing attraction.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
When an investigative reporter falls from the roof of XRM Studios shortly before she can reveal new evidence about the mysterious death of her actress aunt, her case is easily closed as a suicide.
Rio Cruze, the studio’s security chief and former police officer, believes otherwise. Reluctant heir to XRM’s struggling Hollywood legacy, Dr. Adrian Whitney fears another suspicious death could destroy the studio's future. But Rio’s provoking demand for investigation challenges the history professor not to bury the truth, as it has been in the past.
Together the amateur sleuths reopen a cold case that leads to a hidden diary, long-buried secrets, and an aging killer determined to cover up the past. The deeper Adrian and Rio dig, the more dangerous the investigation becomes—and the harder it is to ignore the growing attraction between them.
Someone got away with murder thirty years ago.
Someone is willing to repeat history.
A missing diary—A forgotten film—Hollywood secrets worth killing for.
Screenplay of Death is the second Xanadu Canyon Mystery—a cozy contemporary mystery featuring old Hollywood intrigue, a cold case, clean romantic tension, eccentric characters, and plenty of twists. Perfect for readers who enjoy cozy contemporary mysteries, cold cases, old Hollywood intrigue, clean romance, and clever amateur sleuths.
Series description: : History professor and reluctant studio heir Dr. Adrian Whitney teams up with former LAPD officer Rio Cruze to solve murders rooted in Hollywood's past while navigating family loyalty, studio politics, and a growing attraction.
Genre: Cozy Mystery