Publisher, Random House Audio (February 2006)

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Sunny Randall, the Boston P.I. with a personal life as tangled as that of her clients, is hired on as a bodyguard to an up-and-coming starlet, and discovers some ugly truths behind her glossy façade.

Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit. When Buddy hires Sunny Randall to protect his rising star and girlfriend, Erin Flint, Sunny knows from the start that the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. And when Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to be a single lead worth pursuing.

But then Sunny meet Jesse Stone, chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts, under whose jurisdiction the case falls.

Tracking Misty's murderer reveals a host of seedy complications behind Erin's glamorous lifestyle as well as Buddy Bollen's entertainment empire, made up of shady film deals and mobsters out for revenge. But in a world where there's little difference between the good guys and the bad, exposing the killer could prove to be Sunny's undoing.

About the Author: Robert B. Parker is the author of more than fifty books, including the bestsellers Appaloosa and Cold Service. He lives in Boston.

About the Performer: KATE BURTON has most recently appeared in The Constant Wife and in Three Sisters with Kristen Scott Thomas. Kate received two Tony® nominations in 2002 on Broadway for her role in Hedda Gabler and for the role of Mrs. Kendall in The Elephant Man. Film roles include Celebrity, The Ice Storm, First Wive's Club, and Big Trouble in Little China. Currently Kate has recurring roles on both Grey's Anatomy and Rescue Me.