The Actor's Guide to Greed - Paperback

by Lee Hollis (Author)

Getting butchered at the hands of a serial killer in the "high concept" slasher film, Creeps, was supposed to revive former child star Jarrold Jarvis's career. Instead, it's a celluloid Titanic . . .

While nursing his wounds at the post-premiere party at a Starbucks on Beverly Boulevard, Jarrod runs into Wallace Goodwin, one of the former writers on Go to Your Room, the beloved 1980s show that made Jarrod a star. He's shocked to discover that the neurotic, egotistical Wallace has penned a play bound for London's West End, with a scene-stealing part for Jarrod.

Faster than he can say his catchphrase, "Baby, don't even go there!" Jarrod's hitting the boards in London . . . and the boards are hitting back, big time. As much as the actors all seem to loathe one another, they truly resent Jarrod. The hotshot young director with a thing for girls named Kate berates him at every turn. British legend Dame Sylvia Horner is so sloshed she can barely read her lines. Bollywood beefcake Akshay Kapoor's one facial expression seems to be handsome glowering--when he isn't making eyes at Jarrod's hunky LAPD boyfriend, Charlie. And since coming out has made him hot again, Sir Anthony Stiles wastes no time "tutoring" every young actor in a 12-mile radius. Jarrod's only friend in the cast is the formidable Claire Richards. The sexy, 40-something, champagne-swilling, Oscar-wining actress is the undisputed star of the show. No one can play a death scene like La Claire. Except that this time, the diva isn't faking it. She's been poisoned, and the last person to see her alive was Jarrod himself . . .

Author Biography

Lee Hollis is the pen name for Rick Copp, a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who has written for numerous television series, including The Golden Girls, Wings, Scooby-Doo, Teen Titans, and Barbershop. He is the co-writer of The Brady Bunch Movie and also produced, wrote and starred in the hit web series Where the Bears Are, which has over 60 million views on YouTube. He has also authored a number of novels under his own name. As Lee Hollis, he has written over 30 novels and 9 novellas to date including the Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mysteries (with his sister Holly Simason), the Downeast Maine Mysteries, the Jarrod Jarvis Father-Daughter Mysteries, the Desert Flowers Mysteries and the Maya & Sandra mysteries. He lives in Palm Springs, California. Please visit LeeHollisMysteries.com to learn more.