One of Those Malibu Nights

May 19, 2008
Mac Reilly, an L.A. PI who hosts a cold case crime show called Mac Reilly's Malibu Mysteries
, investigates a hot case or two in this sparkling novel of romantic suspense from bestseller Adler (Meet Me in Venice
). Mac is strolling along the Malibu shore when he hears a female scream from a neighbor's house. Rushing to the rescue, Mac encounters a young woman with “the face of a naughty angel,” who points a handgun at him. When the gun goes off by accident, Mac makes a hasty exit and later learns he's met one of the girlfriends of Ronald Perrin, a “billionaire investment mogul” married to Hollywood actress Allie Ray, who wants a divorce. Ron asks Mac to find out who's following him, while Allie hires Mac to discover who's stalking her. When Allie vanishes after the Cannes Film Festival, the fun really begins. Infused with Malibu glamour and set in alluring locales in Mexico, Italy and France, this summertime read offers plenty of romantic élan and international intrigue.

June 15, 2008
Handsome PI Mac Reilly and his intrepid (and gorgeous) girlfriend, Sunny Alvarez, brave the wilds of Malibu and southern France to save the life of a beautiful movie star from a stalker. Throw in a movie mogul and a crazed business partner, and the chase really gets complicated. Veteran romantic suspense author Adler ("Meet Me in Venice") keeps all this glamour moving at a steady clip.

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June 1, 2008
Alders frothy mystery opens on a Malibu beach, where private investigator Mac Reilly is strolling with his dog. When he hears a woman scream, he goes to investigate, only to find a beautiful redhead with a gun at the beachside abode of one of his neighbors. He backs off when she fires at him, but the PI finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue when he goes to see Ron Perrin, the billionaire who owns the house. Ron tells Mac hes being followed and suspects his soon-to-be ex-wife, actress Allie Ray, is behind it. But when Allie comes to Mac just as distraught, claiming shes being followed, Mac is baffled: both spouses appear to be telling the truth. Mac manages to track down the redhead from Perrins house in Rome, learning that she fended off an intruder the night he came across her. When both Perrin and Allie go missing, Mac is determined to get to the bottom of the bizarre case. The perfect beach read for mystery lovers who enjoy their intrigue light and romantic.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)