Lori Roy is the two-time Edgar award-winning author of six novels of suspense. Her work has been twice named a New York Times Notable Crime Book, named a New York Times Editors’ Choice and included on various “best of” and summer reading lists.
Roy’s new book, Lake County, has been called a “…sensual speculative thriller” by Booklist and “…one of this year’s most gripping novels” by Deadly Pleasures magazine.
At CrimeReads Roy tagged four crime novels and one short story that tackle the trappings of fame, including:
Halley Sutton, The Hurricane BlondeRead about the other entries on the list.
The Hurricane Blonde, Tawney, was a rising Hollywood star when she was found murdered at her home. Twenty years later,no arrests have been made, her death remains a mystery, and everyone has moved on except her sister, Salma. Salma’s own hopes for fame were cut short by the struggles she faced following her sister’s death. Now, as she battles daily to stay sober, she hosts a Hollywood tour that showcases the spots around town where various starlets died. When a dead body turns up at the same house where her sister was murdered two decades earlier, Salma is catapulted back into the seediest part of Hollywood, and she’s forced to grapple with how far someone will go to achieve fame.
--Marshal Zeringue
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