R.J. Brooks, détective privé, est le fils de deux monstres sacrés. Et comme si gérer cette légende dorée n'était pas assez difficile, voilà qu'une productrice de Hollywood prépare le remake de leur film culte. Il ne peut s'empêcher de couvrir d'invectives cette ogresse, de menacer de mort tous ceux qui travaillent avec elle... Lorsque, de surcroît, sa petite amie Casey annonce qu'elle part pour Los Angeles travailler sur le film, la trahison est totale. Mais si sombre que lui paraisse le tableau, il va encore se noircir. Les membres de l'équipe du tournage deviennent la proie d'un serial killer. Et R.J. se retrouve lui-même au premier rang des suspects...

Le remake

Tough-guy private detective R. J. Brooks is back in New York City after solving the hardest case of his career, the murder of screen legend Belle Fontaine - his mother. His famous parents left him little but a few memories and one of the best-loved movies of all time - As Time Goes By. They costarred in the classic film, an almost sacred tribute to their lives and love for each other. It is unthinkable to Brooks that anyone would ever attempt a remake. When he finds a camera and a reporter in his face, asking for a reaction to the news that Andromeda Studios is filming a remake of As Time Goes By, Brooks speaks first and thinks later - a move he will soon regret. Every TV station in the country runs the clip of him threatening to do anything to stop the making of the remake. And when Andromeda Studios employees start turning up dead in Los Angeles and New York, Brooks finds the police are taking his words literally. Now he's got to stay one jump ahead of the law on both coasts and overtake a madman before more innocent people die.

The Remake: As Time Goes By - An R.J. Brooks Mystery, #2

For countless millions, Humphrey Bogart's screen performances and real-life persona merged to make him one of the world's most fabled figures-a legend of mythic proportions. Or, as his Sam Spade would have put it-the stuff that dreams are made of. But for his only son, Stephen, eight years old in 1957 when his father died of lung cancer, Humphrey Bogart's giant shadow was a burden he carried until he finally came to understand the private man behind his father's public face. And now, in this candid and insightful biography, Stephen Bogart explores and illuminates Humphrey Bogart's life, work, and relationships as they never have been before. Writing with the encouragement of his famous mother, Lauren Bacall, Stephen calls on his memories, and take full advantage of the extraordinary access he has had to friends and colleagues of his father. The result is an intimate and personal profile of an enigmatic man whose tough image contrasted with very human ambitions and vulnerabilities. It is also a vastly entertaining book, filled with fascinating stories involving Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, "Swifty" Lazar, John Huston, Stephen Bogart's stepfather, Jason Robards, and many others. Here is Humphrey Bogart, the pro's pro on the set and the Hollywood renegade off it. The man's man, the ladies' man, the hard worker, and the man who liked to drink too much. The husband in three roller-coaster marriages and finally one perfect match, the proud father and absentee parent, the good friend and even better enemy. Here are eye-witness accounts of his most celebrated public misdeeds and moving testimonies of his most unexpected private moments. And finally, in perhaps the most compelling chapter of this shining saga, here is the close-up of Bogart's last months, where his courage, dignity, and humor made his most stirring celluloid roles seem pale. Combining the drama of Humphrey Bogart's life with that of a son whose path of reconciliation first had to move through a very difficult time, this is biography at its best-at once a loving tribute and a fascinating revelation. This ebook edition includes photographs directly from Stephen Bogart's personal collection.

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