But who by? And why? From spiteful rivals to jealous boyfriends, the suspects are numerous. Until, that is, Rex Festraw – Kitty’s first husband, to whom she may or may not still be married – turns up dead in her dressing room, a threatening letter seemingly from Kitty in his pocket.Įmma’s certain her flighty but kind-hearted sister-in-law has been framed. Now, the worst thing academically-minded Emma has to worry about is the shocking historical inaccuracies of the films Kitty stars in. Looking after Kitty and her three adorable Pekinese dogs isn’t work Emma dreamed of, but Kitty rescued her when she was all alone in the world. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint – even if her late husband’s sister is one of the worst actresses she’s ever seen.
Leave me alone or I will shoot you dead!”ġ924. WHICH others? Who are we talking about? Some people I think really should read Connie Willis’s To Say Nothing of the Dog, or Georgette Heyer’s A Civil Contract, or Fred Pohl’s Gateway others really need to read The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous before they go any further.“You shall never have a penny of my money. I don’t have much time to read, and when I’m overworked and emotionally exhausted (as I have been since about 2006) I tend to re-read favorite fiction: it’s like having the emotional equivalent of a fluttery stomach, which will only tolerate certain things. I collect books idiosyncratically – both for research and for reading pleasure. Mostly since the age of about 10 I read fast enough that I didn’t really HATE books, I just got through the ones I found tedious).Īre you a book collector, avid library patron, or do you use the revolving door at the used book store? (Other than the math textbooks in High School?) Old Mother West-Wind (again, a kid’s book.
Gosh, there were so many, but I’d have to go with Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (#4 of the series, counting Wonderful Wizard as #1).īook I absolutely hated and was forced to read? We decide we would have to ask her those five questions.
Her publishers sent us a video of her talking about her work, and it got us thinking. It and several of the author’s other works have just become available as ebooks. You may remember when Simeon Beresford answered these five question, he mentioned Barbara Hambly’s Bride of the Rat God twice.
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