Death on the D-List (Hailey Dean) [Hardcover]

Nancy Grace (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hailey Dean | Publication Date: August 10, 2010

The brutal slayings of a string of her patients in New York and a horrific attempt on her own life leave Hailey Dean down, but not defeated. After a yearlong respite back home in the Southland, former violent crimes prosecutor Hailey Dean finally returns to her apartment in the sky overlooking Manhattan. Hailey's determined to rebuild a normal life and settle back into her growing practice as a therapist. But in a twist of fate, Hailey agrees to follow her heart and fight crime once again, this time in a new arena, in front of a camera! Under the hot lights of a TV studio, Hailey learns the TV industry's not so glamorous. In fact, it's downright deadly!

Waning celebrities, all stunning actresses, each one a shining star turned has-been now struggling to get off the D-List and back into the limelight, meet with a bloody stage exit . . . murder! Hailey's archenemy, Lieutenant Ethan Kolker, the NYPD cop who hunted Hailey down for the murders of her own patients, now wants the past forgotten and reaches out for Hailey's help to solve the murders. In a race against the clock, Hailey has no idea that TV can be murder!

In best-selling author, attorney, and TV personality Nancy Grace's second Hailey Dean thriller, life on television is no less dangerous than life in the courtroom!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

TV legal analyst Grace's second Hailey Dean thriller (after The Eleventh Victim) works as a zany yet dark satire of pop icon worship. Hailey, a past victim of violent crime, is working as a Manhattan psychologist when a serial killer begins shooting D-List celebrities who are on the verge of making a comeback in their careers, including a TV actress, a reality TV star, a fading film queen, and a singer. After a hit appearance on The Harry Todd Show as a crime expert, Hailey bumps the ratings so high that producer Sookie Downs and her booker, Tony Russo, want her to return as a regular. Hailey is drawn deeper into the shooting investigations by NYPD Lt. Ethan Kolker, who's also wooing her romantically. Grace adds some entertaining wackiness to standard thriller theatrics with some eccentric characters, most notably Francis Merle McGinnis, a goofy star stalker with a connection to the slain D-Listers.
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About the Author

After having been a victim of violent crime, Nancy Grace went on to prosecute violent crimes for a decade in inner-city Atlanta. There, she compiled a perfect record of nearly 100 felony prosecutions and no losses at trial. Grace joined Court TV and for the next ten years, covered major trials after co-hosting Cochran & Grace with defense attorney Johnnie Cochran. One of television's most respected legal analysts, Grace now hosts the top-rated HLN show, Nancy Grace and the syndicated program Swift Justice with Nancy Grace. Grace lives in both New York City and Atlanta with her husband and twins, a boy and a girl.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion; 1 edition (August 10, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401323138
• ISBN-13: 978-1401323134
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nancy Grace joined Court TV from the Atlanta Fulton County District Attorney's Office, where she served for a decade as Special Prosecutor, compiling a perfect record of nearly 100 felony convictions at trial and no losses. She has also appeared on The View and The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss today's most important trials. She lives in New York City.

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30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Amazing Grace Has Done It Again !", August 14, 2010

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Tom (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death on the D-List (Hailey Dean) (Hardcover)

Another magnificent effort by Nancy Grace! This book is a quick read because it is a genuine "page turner." An intricate plot beautifully woven together by a skilled writer with an intimate knowledge of the legal process makes this the adventure book of the summer. There may be a "D-List" for writers as well as showbiz people but Ms Grace is not on it--she gets an A+ for this solid effort, and moves to the front of the class of mystery writers !

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A TENSION FILLED THRILLER DRAWN FROM REAL LIFE, August 24, 2010

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death on the D-List (Hailey Dean) (Hardcover)

It is so satisfying to read books by authors who really know their subjects, and Nancy Grace tops that list. She was a prosecutor of perpetrators of violent crime in inner city Atlanta for over ten years. And, while doing so she racked up a perfect record - almost 100 prosecutions and no trial losses. She later became a part of Court TV. Today she's eagerly watched on theHLN show Nancy Grace and the syndicated program Swift Justice with Nancy Grace. On top of all that she pens first-rate thrillers such as Objection!, The Eleventh Victim (the first Hailey Dean mystery) and now DEATH ON THE D-LIST.

With stories based on her life experiences each novel compels with reality and crackles with excitement from page 1 to the closing paragraph. DEATH ON THE D-LIST begins with Hailey's return to NYC and a feeling that it is as if she had never left - feels the same as before, "Before two of her favorite clients were murdered at the hands of a man who was once her courtroom adversary, a man who not only passed as an upstanding and highly successful member of the Georgia State Bar, but before that, as an Atlanta beat cop...."

With those thoughts in mind Hailey is looking forward to building a quiet, normal life - as quiet as it can be for a therapist. Nonetheless, before long the urge to fight crime takes over and she agrees to do it not on dark streets but in front of a television camera.

However, TV appearances turn deadly when former stars trying to get off the dreaded D-List and back in the limelight are murdered. It's up to NYPD cop EthanKolker to solve these murders, and he wants Hailey's help. Forget the fact that Kolker once hunted Hailey for killing her own patients. He's been trying to make amends with flowers, chocolates - all of which she returned. But nothing gets Hailey's attention like unsolved murders.

With DEATH ON THE D-LIST Nancy Grace has crafted a carefully plotted thriller that captures until the final page.

- Gail Cooke

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but uneven, November 1, 2010

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Lorna Rainey "author / producer" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death on the D-List (Hailey Dean) (Hardcover)

My spare time is very limited, so when I get an opportunity to curl up with a book, I'd like for it to be a really good one. "Death on the D-List" does not quite measure up. There were some very interesting backstories which after being built up into prominence, wound up being irrelevant. Some juicy tangents led nowhere. There were so many characters that it became a challenge to keep up with them all and most were portrayed as shallow with few redeeming qualities, so why should we care what happens to them? There were not many truly likeable characters in the novel. Some of the plot twists were unexpected and creative and Ms. Grace uses the backdrop of NYC to full advantage. I enjoyed the references to places I regularly go and her descriptions of places that I can only fantasize about. Overall, I'm not sorry I read it, but with all her knowledge and savvy, perhaps I just expected more. Each of us puts ourselves out there when we write, I know Native Intelligence. We take the chance that what we create in our minds will be as interesting to others. Thankfully, each effort will find some fans.