A PORTRAIT OF OLIVIA -- AVAILABLE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED
Murder and mayhem follow Peter and Jeff when Peter is commissioned to paint a portrait of Olivia Winters, a popular daytime TV talk show host…
Olivia Winters, the elegant
and beautiful star of a popular daytime talk show finds her perfect
world begin to unravel when she receives threatening letters from a
religious fanatic. In addition, enter Brad Kingman, her ex-lover, intent
on blackmailing his way back into her life. Olivia had recently
interviewed artist Peter Brandon and his partner P.I. Jeff Stevens after
a magazine had reported their near-brushes with death while
investigating criminal cases. Nick-named ‘The Gay Hardy Boys’ they are a
hit on her show although unaware that they are partly the reason for
the threatening letters.
When Olivia asks Peter to paint her
portrait he soon becomes embroiled in the chaotic life of the daytime
celebrity. He also begins to realize that Olivia is not the warm and
compassionate woman she appears to be in front of her adoring fans,
especially after one too many cocktails.
As the threatening
letters increase in number and the content switches from fire and
brimstone judgement to a much more personal attack, Jeff and his
business partner, Nick Fallon, reluctantly agree to investigate the
matter. They are hampered by Olivia’s erratic behavior and her obsessive
need for publicity. A murder and an attempted murder may be the
catalysts that will bring Olivia’s career to a grinding halt. Who can
she turn to in her hour of need? Who indeed…
****This book is a
rewrite of a previously published work Portrait of a Daytime Diva. It
has been largely re-edited and updated. Some characters and events have
been changed, but the framework of the story remains more or less the
same. Triggers – violence, bullying, murder, drunkenness and
homophobia.****
