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This is a series written by the daughter of Lana Turner about a daughter of a famous movie star. I would put the category as cozy mystery. Nikki, the star's daughter, is a real estate agent. She is almost as star struck over her mother as everyone else. She manages to fall into situations where she becomes a murder investigator. In this book, her mother's gardener is accused of murdering the neighbor's no account son. Nikki goes into detective mode and with free tickets for this and that provided by her mother, she manages to elicit plenty of information and she begins to piece it together. The stories are full of interesting characters including her half brother who lives in the fantasy world believing himself to be Elvis. An enjoyable read. I hope she continues the series.Product details
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Imitation of Death Nikki Harper Mysteries Cheryl Crane Books Reviews
IMITATION OF DEATH (Nikki Harper Mysteries #2) by Cheryl Crane
IMITATION OF DEATH is the second novel (August 2012 release) in Cheryl Crane's Nikki Harper Mystery series. Cheryl Crane is the daughter of screen legend Lana Turner and brings much of her `inside Hollywood' style into her storylines.
The Nikki Harper series focuses on the mother daughter duo of world famous screen actress Victoria Bordeaux and her amateur investigator daughter Nicolette `Nikki' Harper. The pair can be found at the scene of some pretty infamous crimes. But when their neighbor's troubled son, Eddie Bernard is found murdered, Nikki takes it upon herself to prove the Jorge Delgado, her childhood friend, is not the guilty party. The problem, the murder weapon is a pair of garden shears owned by Victoria's gardener Jorge, and witnesses had seen them arguing the day before on the Bernard's property. Jorge had threatened to kill Eddie Bernard.
Cheryl Crane weaves old time Hollywood magic with current day problems and contemporary icons. Drugs, illegal immigrants, actors in the closet and back stabbing wanna-bes are nothing new in Hollywood, but Cheryl adds references from today's popular culture ala The Food Network, Dancing with the Stars, Housewives of Wherever Crap (I quote) and Entertainment Tonight blending the old with the new including product placement without the visuals. I can't but help picturing Lana Turner as the elegant screen actress Victoria Bordeaux. And poor Nicolette is besieged with people asking about her mother at every turn-someone always wants an autograph.
We are introduced to the grieving neighbors including father Abe Bernard and his current and ex-wife Ginny and Melinda, as well as an assortment of extended family and assistants, all with a different story to tell. And Victoria's side is not without some troubles of their own. But Eddie Bernard had led a drug and alcohol induced life of one trouble after another. He had just been released from, yet another, rehab when the unfortunate `accident' had occurred. He was an embarrassment to his family, and someone was willing to stop him permanently. But when a Mexican gardener is accused of killing a wealthy white boy, the police had all but signed Jorge's death warrant.
As the story develops, the finger pointing and accusations worsen especially when Eddie's history reveals how deep he was into the drug scene. The further Nikki digs, the more she is certain that someone from Eddie's past was responsible for his death. Illicit homosexual affairs, cocaine abuse and blackmail were all part of Eddie's past, but it would be someone close to Eddie that was pushed one incident too far.
IMITATION OF DEATH reads like a who's who of Hollywood. The characters are all fictitious but the storyline could very well have come from any number of true hidden family secrets amongst the rich and famous. At times the number of suspects on Nikki's list was as large as a small village, but Eddie had made quite a number of enemies in his short life on earth. Cheryl Crane hides the identity of the murderer until the very end and then you look back and say....."ah, I should have seen that coming".
I hadn't read the previous first book in this series, but after reading this book and liking it, I will definitely give it a whirl. Nikki is a celebrity realtor who is also an amateur private investigator. I was worried at first that this story would be a little too hard-boiled for my tastes, but I found it to be interesting and a lot of fun. Nikki is a very likable, non-obnoxious protagonist. She is temporarily living with her famous movie star mother while she is having work done on her house. It is while at her mother's that she witnesses and then gets involved in an argument between childhood friend and family gardener Jorge and the druggie, loser son of her mother's famous next-door neighbors. Some threats are made and then Eddie (the loser) is found dead in an alleyway dumpster with Jorge's gardening shears imbedded in him. Jorge is understandably thought of as suspect number one and promptly arrested. Nikki then makes it her mission to prove Jorge's innocence, even without his help. I enjoyed following Nikki's investigation as she questions the various suspects - and there are a lot since most people had a reason to dislike Eddie. The story kept me guessing right up until the end. I enjoyed meeting all the supporting characters like Nikki's celebrity buddy Marshall, Nikki's brother Jimmy, and the mysterious Mr. M. Nikki's boyfriend Jeremy seemed nice enough, but he was very much on the periphery and I was sort of hoping Nikki would wind up switching her affections to the nice, Robert Redford look-alike. I look forward to reading more books in this series.
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This is a series written by the daughter of Lana Turner about a daughter of a famous movie star. I would put the category as cozy mystery. Nikki, the star's daughter, is a real estate agent. She is almost as star struck over her mother as everyone else. She manages to fall into situations where she becomes a murder investigator. In this book, her mother's gardener is accused of murdering the neighbor's no account son. Nikki goes into detective mode and with free tickets for this and that provided by her mother, she manages to elicit plenty of information and she begins to piece it together. The stories are full of interesting characters including her half brother who lives in the fantasy world believing himself to be Elvis. An enjoyable read. I hope she continues the series.
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