Guilty Women by Melanie Blake

 

Falcon Bay is the biggest hit serial on television.  It's been a ratings leader for over forty years and it's still going strong.  Helen Gold has been the star for all those years and they are still writing romantic plotlines for her.  Farrah Adams plays her daughter.  Amanda King runs the show while Sheena McQueen is an agent and the casting director.

But all is not fine.   Amanda loses her job to her ex-husband, who has also impregnated Farrah.  Helen is vulnerable and being involved in two real-life deaths makes her even more unstable.  The show has a new owner and it's unclear how he feels about the show as his wife lost her life onscreen live a few months ago.  The new showrunner has brought back Helen's old lover, both onscreen and in real life.  Can the women continue to make the show a hit while fighting off all the distractions?

Melanie Blake was an agent before she started writing so she knows the world she is writing about.  She specializes in scandalous books with lots of romance and love affairs, along with secrets that can ruin everything if they emerge.  I listened to this book and listening added to the suspense as the plots and counterplots continue to pile up.  This book is recommended for mystery and women's fiction readers.