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Jun 08, 2021 | ISBN 9780593295113 Pre-Order
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Jun 08, 2021 | 510 Minutes Pre-Order
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Jun 08, 2021 | ISBN 9780593295113
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510 Minutes
A burgeoning actress is convinced that her first friend in Los Angeles has gone missing–and that someone else is impersonating her–in this electrifying psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water and Mr. Nobody.Once a year, actors from across the globe descend on Los Angeles for pilot season, that time when every network hustles to grab the best talent to fill the innumerable rosters of new television shows. Careers are launched and dreams are realized. But not everyone gets what they hoped for. British actress Mia Sharp has landed lead roles in English literary adaptations like Jane Eyre, but now her American agents want Hollywood to fall in love with her. With the lure of premium auditions and stardom, Mia flies across the Atlantic to join the ranks of actresses who seem all too vain and anxious–until she meets Emily. Emily stands out from the crowd. She is laid back and genuine, and the two hit it off straightaway. Moving from one audition into another, Emily asks Mia to refill her parking meter, since she is next in line. But at the end of the day, Mia can’t locate Emily. She’s seemingly disappeared. The next day, when a woman knocks on her door pretending to be Emily, Mia is confused and agitated. This Emily knows nothing of the things they talked about the day before. She even looks different. She pushes this impersonator to reveal her true identity but she’s unprepared for her answer: that she’s been hired to play the role of Emily, but can’t reveal why or by whom. Worse still, the police don’t believe Mia when she claims that the real Emily has gone missing. So she takes it upon herself to investigate and begins to question her sanity as the truth goes beyond anything she could imagine. All Mia has to go on is the memory of a girl she met only once . . . and the sinking feeling that something terrible has happened to her. Acclaimed actress and author Catherine Steadman has written a gripping thriller set in an arena she knows all too well and that asks the question: In a world of performers, can you ever really know anyone?
A British actress discovers the dark side of Hollywood when she is the only witness to the sudden disappearance of a woman she meets at an audition in this psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water and Mr. Nobody.Once a year, actors from across the globe descend on the smog and sunshine of Los Angeles for pilot season. Every cable network and studio looking to fill the rosters of their new shows enticing a fresh batch of young hopefuls, anxious, desperate and willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Careers will be made, dreams will be realized, stars will be born. And some will be snuffed out.British star Mia Eliot has landed leading roles in costume dramas in her native country, but now it’s time for Hollywood to take her to the next level. Mia flies across the Atlantic to join the hoard of talent scrambling for their big breaks. She’s a fish out of water in the ruthlessly competitive and faceless world of back-to-back auditioning. Then one day she meets Emily, another actress from out of town and a kindred spirit. Emily is friendly and genuine and reassuringly doesn’t seem to be taking any of it too seriously. She stands out in a conveyor-belt world of fellow auditionees. But a simple favor turns dark when Emily disappears and Mia realizes she was the last person to see her, and the woman who knocks on Mia’s door the following day claiming to be her new friend isn’t the woman Mia remembers at all. All Mia has to go on is the memory of a girl she met only once . . . and the suffocating feeling that something terrible has happened. Worse still, the police don’t believe her when she claims the real Emily has gone missing. So Mia is forced to risk the role of a lifetime to try to uncover the truth about Emily, a gamble that will force her to question her own sanity as the truth goes beyond anything she could ever have imagined.Actress and author Catherine Steadman has written a gripping thriller set in a world close to home that asks the question: In a city where dreams really do come true, how far would you go to make the unreal real?
CATHERINE STEADMAN is an actress and author based in North London, UK. Her debut novel, Something in the Water, has become a New York Times bestseller published in thirty countries with film rights optioned by Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello… More about Catherine Steadman
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