Red Desert

Red Desert
174 Pages
ISBN 978-1-60381-667-0

Hollywood PI, sometime actor Eddie Collins is doing a bit on a sitcom when he receives an SOS from an A-list friend. Mike Ford's Oscar has been stolen during a home invasion and Ford's girlfriend has drowned in the swimming pool. Did she surprise the burglar? Whoever it was left behind threatening letters, and Eddie is hired to see if he can unearth their source.

All the dots connect around a movie Ford directed and acted in several years earlier, "Red Desert." More than a few people associated with that shoot recall it less than fondly. Is one of them harboring a deadly grudge? Eddie has hired Reggie, an old Army buddy to do surveillance. Soon Reggie, Eddie's secretary Mavis, and everyone associated with Eddie Collins and Mike Ford seem to be targets. And smoke from the foothills is encroaching on Eddie's Hollywood home/office. Is Eddie's world about to go up in flames?

Clive Rosengren

About Clive Rosengren (Ashland, Oregon Author)

Clive Rosengren

CLIVE ROSENGREN is the author of the Shamus-nominated novels "Murder Unscripted" and "Red Desert," featuring Hollywood actor/private eye Eddie Collins. Number three in the series, "Velvet on a Tuesday Afternoon," was released on November 1 of 2017. Clive spent most of the last forty years as an actor, pounding many of the same streets as his fictional detective. A favorite television credits is "Cheers," where he played the only character to throw Sam Malone out of his own bar. Visit his website at clive rosengren.com