Nonstop action from beginning to end as a beautiful female movie exec, with a past she needs to hide, crosses a hired killer and has to befriend an ex-con screenwriter to help extricate herself from the mess. And that's not the half of it! Haywood does a great job juggling a cast of memorable, mostly despicable characters throughout a violent, thoroughly engaging tale. The dog-eat-dog Hollywood system is well-depicted and convincing as are the machinations of the plot. This is one of those books where the author juggles around various closely-related subplots and characters and you just know it will all come together in a violent conclusion. But while the ending is satisfying, it isn't as exciting as what comes before it. And the author's tying up of all the loose ends takes a little longer than it should. Nevertheless, this is a can't miss book if you are a fan of writers like Anthony Neil Smith. ( )