I had the pleasure of quickly meeting Rick Copp and getting his autograph at gay pride in Palm Springs in November. I bought his newest mystery The Actor's Guide to Greed, in which one of the best and funniest gay amateur sleuths works his magic once again.
This time, our ex child star hero is finally offered a part in a real London production and snaps it up before the producer can change his mind. Leaving his hunky policeman boyfriend behind in LA (with serious injuries from a LAPD case) Jerrod finds himself in the midst of a highly unfriendly cast of characters who don't like him one bit. The one exception being the lead in the play, Claire Richards who ends up dead after the opening performance. Suspects in the murder include Claire's Irish boyfriend Liam; playwright Wallace Goodwin and wife Katrina; a drunken Brit theater icon named Dame Sylvia Horner; Bollywood star Akshay Kapoor; and sullen director Kenneth Shields.
The Actor's Guide to Greed is a light, hilarious murder mystery filled with great lines, fabulous characters, infidelity, double murders, and a highly likable albeit high maintenance actor/sleuth/boyfriend/hero. This third installment of Rick Copp's Actor's Guide series earns an Oscar for best murder romp by a gay writer.
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