Bloodthirsty

Description:

It's a bloodthirsty town, Hollywood. No matter how popular you are, there's always someone who'd be happier if you were dead. And in some cases, you can be such a bastard, everyone would be happier if you were dead. Barry Gerber, one of the most hated men in Hollywood, is a no-show for a red carpet event. The next morning he turns up dead, killed in such a bizarre way that neither Detectives Mike Lomax nor Terry Biggs nor anyone in Forensics has ever seen anything like it before. Two days later, the prime suspect - another despised show-business bad boy - is found murdered in the same sadistic manner. The list of suspects then becomes as long as the credits in a summer blockbuster. Everyone hated the murdered men. Biggs jokes that this could be an elaborate public service effort to make Hollywood a better place to live and work. But he and Lomax soon find that all jokes are off as they wade through a daunting number of leads to uncover who will be the next victim. What they stumble upon is a motive far more primal than they had ever imagined. Fast-paced, razor-sharp, and intensely funny, Bloodthirsty reunites Lomax and Biggs - the mystery genre's new dynamic duo.

subjects: Fiction,  Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural,  Mystery,  detectives,  Gangs,  Suspense,  Motion picture industry,  Actors,  Actresses,  A Lomax and Biggs Mystery,  Police,  Mike Lomax (Fictitious character),  Terry Biggs (Fictitious character)

People: Mike Lomax,  Terry Biggs

Places: Los Angeles (Calif.),  California,  Los Angeles

Times: Contemporary,  2007