Man in the Middle

Charmain Burns, Hollywood s sexiest, most talked-about TV actress, wills top at nothing to rise to the top of Hollywood s A-movie list. So when the cutting-edge tabloid, The National Revealer, begins to uncover shocking information about her scandalous past, and threatens to expose her violent, narcissistic present, she directs a powerful third party to physically intimidate the newspaper from running the story. But, in an odd and undesired twist, Charmain s vicious, brazen action triggers the accidental death of Revealer reporter Steve Bellini, and the raven-haired, voluptuous actress must move swiftly into cover-up mode, which only compounds her problems.Enter Cameron Tull, the Revealer s striking, intelligent star reporter, who s determined to flesh out the cause of his young colleague s murder. Also enter a mysterious stalker who holds the dark compulsion that Charmain is the key to survival for millions of people. And re-enter Charmain, who s obsessed with one driving ambition: She s competing against every star actress in Hollywood for the coveted title role in Medusa, a new, high-profile film about an actress who'd literally kill for a part. As Tull pursues the truth about the murder and all paths seem to lead directly to Charmain-the stalker sets a diabolical trap for her that ends in an extraordinary, explosive climax.With episodes of sadistic worship and ritual sex, plus the brutal story of Charmain s turbulent Southern childhood, National Enquirer gossip guru Mike Walker offers readers an intense, shocking, thoroughly entertaining inside-Hollywood escape to a hot, exhilarating world a novel that feeds curiosity like alcohol feeds a hangover."