The Catch

King Ross, Low Shari

Description

“A gritty raunch thriller. A page turner that lifts the lid on Hollywood!” - Catherine Zeta-Jones

The next glamorous and thrilling book from Shari Low and Ross King They’ve made it to the top but someone is determined to make them pay...

At a glittering after-party on the night of the Academy Awards, author Mirren McLean celebrates her win with her childhood friends Davie Johnston and Zander Leith by her side.
Three kids from a tough street in Glasgow, the dazzling trio rose from the ashes to become Hollywood stars with global fame and vast fortunes.
This is their moment in the spotlight.
But by morning, there’s only darkness.
A secret from their past has come back to haunt them and the shield of stardom can’t protect them from the horrors of their old lives.
Someone is out to destroy them… and unlike the movies, there’s no guarantee that the good guys will win.
An exciting next instalment of the glamorous thriller for the fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Liane Moriarty and Jo Spain.

Sujets

• Policier & Thriller
• Policier
• Thriller
• Mashups
• Psychological
• Women Sleuths
• Hard-Boiled
• Amateur Sleuth
• Traditional
• Thrillers
• Women
• Coming of Age
• Adventure (Guyana)
• Suspenso
• 21st century
• Friendship
• Psychological thriller
• General officer
• Woman
• Terrorism
• Psychology
• Espionage
• The Women
• City Life
• General
• Adventure
• Crime
• Family Life
• California
• Suspense
• Noir
• Fiction
• Hollywood

Informations

• Publié par: Boldwood Books
• Date de parution: 20 février 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781804267776
• Langue: English

Extrait

THE CATCH


SHARI LOW & ROSS KING
CONTENTS



About the authors…

Introduction

The Hollywood Cast


Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Epilogue


Acknowledgments

More from Shari Low and Ross King

About Boldwood Books
ABOUT THE AUTHORS…

When a budding radio DJ and actor, met a young nightclub manager in Glasgow in the late 1980s, little did they know that over thirty years and thousands of miles later they would still be friends.
Los Angeles-based Ross King MBE is a four-time News Emmy award-winning TV and radio host, actor, producer, writer, voice over artist and performer. King has starred in London’s West End, appeared in over ten movies and hosted TV shows in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. He has also presented countless radio shows and pens a Sunday newspaper column. In 2018 he received an MBE from the Queen for services to Broadcasting, the Arts and Charity.
Best-selling author Shari Low released her first book in 2001. Since then, she has published over thirty novels, selling over two million books world-wide, including the recent hits One Summer Sunrise and One Last Day Of Summer . Shari splits her time between Glasgow and Los Angeles, and wherever she is, she’s probably writing the next chapter of a book.


Visit Ross’s website at www.rossking.com
Visit Shari’s website at www.sharilow.com
From Ross – For David Johnston King and Isabel King, my heroes, my pals and my ‘Pops and Wee Bella’. Forever in my heart.
And for the best sister in the world, Elaine, and the family, Jim, Hollie and Euan.



From Shari – For Betty Murphy, a woman whose strength, love and substance live on in the ones she left behind. We miss you every day.
And for my love, John, and our family, who are everything, always.
INTRODUCTION

Have you read The Rise , the first book in the Hollywood trilogy?
If not, don’t worry, we’ve got it all covered right here.
Here’s what you need to know from The Rise …
Mirren McLean, Davie Johnston and Zander Leith – three Hollywood superstars who grew up together in a tough housing estate in Glasgow.
Back then, Mirren’s mother, Marilyn, was the mistress of Zander’s father, a violent gangster called Jono Leith.
Neglected, living in poverty, the three youngsters were inseparable, the family that they chose for themselves.
Until the unthinkable happened.
Jono Leith raped seventeen-year-old Mirren and her mother killed him. Not because Marilyn was protecting her daughter, but because she was consumed with jealousy that Jono had touched another woman.
Desperate to escape the horror of what had just happened, the three youngsters covered it up, burying Jono’s body under the shed in Davie’s garden.
Marilyn disappeared into the wind, and the world thought Jono had gone to ground to avoid rival gangsters. He wasn’t missed.
That could have been the end of it. Case closed.
However, as a way to process the trauma, Mirren wrote the story of what happened and against all odds, it found its way to a Hollywood producer, Wes Lomax.
He turned Mirren’s words into a movie, The Brutal Circle , a cult hit that unexpectedly became a box office smash, winning Mirren, Davie and Zander an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
The whole world believed it was fiction and the success brought brand new Hollywood lives for the three Scots.
But fame and fortune came at a price.
The shame and pain of finding success by capitalising on the worst moment in their lives, drove the three of them apart. They didn’t speak for twenty years, until a young journalist from Scotland, Sarah McKenzie, began digging into their past.
Eventually, Sarah discovered the truth about what happened to Jono Leith, but by then it was too late. She’d fallen in love with Davie Johnston and killed the story to protect him.
Along the way, the ghosts of the past brought the hope of resolution.
Sarah’s investigation forced Mirren, Davie and Zander to reconnect, twenty years after they’d walked away from each other.
It hasn’t been easy. The pain is still there. Mirren’s mother has been dead to her all these years. Davie’s discovery that Jono Leith was his father too has been hard to digest. And Zander’s demons from his childhood still push him towards a bottle.
But they’re trying.
Because in the City of Angels, everyone is chasing the fairy-tale ending.
THE HOLLYWOOD CAST

Mirren’s World
Mirren McLean: Born and raised in Glasgow, now a major Hollywood player, best-selling author, Oscar winning screenwriter, director and producer of the iconic Clansman movies.
Jack Gore: Mirren’s ex-husband of almost two decades, movie producer turned mid-life crisis cliché.
Chloe Gore: Mirren’s daughter, wild child, addict, troubled soul. Died last year from an overdose, aged 18.
Logan Gore: Mirren’s son, lead guitarist and singer in South City, the band that’s on the walls of teenagers across the globe.
Marilyn McLean: Mirren’s mother, last seen on the day she murdered her lover, Jono Leith.
Lou Cole: Mirren’s best friend of twenty years, journalist, gossip queen, and editor of the Hollywood Post.
Perry Scholl: Mirren’s long-time lawyer and friend.
Brad Bernson: A trusted private investigator who doesn’t ask questions, but always finds answers.
Lex Callaghan: Movie star, plays the lead role in The Clansman but shuns the limelight when he’s off-screen.
Cara Callaghan: Lex’s wife, a Native American beauty who runs an equine therapy centre at their fifteen-hundred-acre ranch in Santa Barbara.
Deeko: the manager of South City. Keeps the band members Logan, Jonell, Ringo, Lincoln and D’Arby in check.

Davie’s World
Davie Johnston: multi-millionaire presenter/host and producer of some of the biggest reality hits on American television.
Jenny Rico: Davie’s ex-wife, lead actress on hit TV cop show, Streets Of Power.
Darcy Jay: Jenny Rico’s partner both on and off screen.
Bella and Bray: Davie and Jenny’s 8 year old, red-haired twins, stars of the sitcom, Family Three .
Ena Johnston: Davie’s mother and keeper of his secrets.
Cal Wolfe: Davie’s ruthless, sharp-suited agent. A moral vacuum in a world where all that matters is power and profit.
Mark Bock: Davie’s straight-shooting head of security.
Drego and Alina: Davie’s loyal gardener/driver and his tempestuous housekeeper.
Mellie Santos – the mildly terrifying, caustic producer on Here’s Davie and American Stars.
Lainey Anders and Princess: country legend and obnoxious pop sensation, the other judges on American Stars .
Lauren Finney: singer, songwriter, presenter, winner of American Stars . Under Davie’s guidance, she’s gone from being a small-town girl with a high-school sweetheart, to being one of the most popular young stars on television.
Carmella Cass and Jizzo: stars of Davie’s hit show, Beauty and the Beats .

Zander’s World
Zander Leith: icon, actor, all-action hero and star of the Dunhill movie franchise. Also loner, addict, and no stranger to uninvited violence, rehab and jail cells.
Jono Leith: Zander’s father, Glasgow gangster, and one of the most evil bastards to ever walk the earth.
Maggie Leith: Zander’s faithful, abused and battered mother, who believes that the answer to everything is prayer.
Hollie Callan: Zander’s personal assistant, right hand woman, and unfailingly loyal, smart-mouthed friend.
Adrianna Guilloti: Founder of the eponymous luxury menswear brand, Zander’s lover and latest addiction.
Carlton Farnsworth: – Adrianna’s husband. New York millionaire property developer, shadier than the trees in Central Park.
Raymo Cash: reality star, pond life.
Don Michael Domas, actor, Lee Vandan, male model, Josh Wilson, script writer – Zander’s surfing and poker buddies.
Wes Lomax: Legendary studio head, with a sexual appetite that’s as ferocious as his temper.
John Wood: Lomax head of security.

Sarah’s World
Sarah McKenzie: Journalist from Glasgow. Came to LA to investigate rumours about Davie, Zander and Mirren’s past lives, but fell in love with Davie Johnston.
Ed McCallum: Sarah’s former boss and editor of The Daily Scot.
Manny Murphy: Glasgow crime boss, now deceased, the source of the stories about Jono Leith, his disappearance and his link to Zander.
Myla Rivera: TV news reporter.
PROLOGUE
THE LOMAX OSCAR AFTER-PARTY, BEVERLY HILLS HEIGHTS HOTEL, 2014



‘Hollywood’ – Michael Bublé

It wasn’t your typical Hollywood threesome. No one could take their eyes off them.
All night the official photographers had been firing flashes like strobes in their direction.
The managers, the PRs and the agents who’d kill to have them on their client lists would need a chiropractor to sort out the neck pain caused by keeping them within view no matter which part of the room they moved to. Even the A-list movie stars who demanded all the oxygen in the room, the ones who’d thought of nothing but themselves since their cheap Sunday-best shoes first hit Hollywood tarmac, were fascinated by the trio, who had been inseparable all evening.
Zander Leith. Mirren McLea