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The Hollywood Assistant

by May Cobb
Brittany Wilkerson
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Offered a dream job in Hollywood with a famous director and his actress wife, an insecure woman becomes their personal assistant where their secrets and lies place her in the crosshairs of a murder investigation.
Cassidy Foster is heartbroken, stuck in life, and getting a little too obsessed with plants. Then when a well-connected friend becomes sick of Cassidy’s moping and gets her a gig with famous Hollywood couple, Marisol and Nate Sterling, Cassidy jumps at the chance to move to sunny LA.
The Sterlings are warm and welcoming. A perfect couple. All Cassidy has to do is be available a few hours a week for errands. In return, she has access to luxury: Designer clothes. A sparkling pool. Great pay.
When Nate takes interest in her, asking her to read scripts he’s written, Cassidy thinks this could be the key to kickstarting her writing dreams. As their business relationship grows, so does their attraction. Nate is sexy and talented, and Cassidy can’t believe her luck. Clearly, Marisol doesn’t know what she has. Maybe that’s why the two are always fighting when they think Cassidy isn’t around. 
But Cassidy learns she was hired for a different purpose. The Sterlings aren’t the perfect couple. Marisol isn’t the perfect wife. And when one of them is found dead, Cassidy becomes the perfect suspect.

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    July 9, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593911303
      • File size: 349409 KB
      • Duration: 12:07:55

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 20, 2024
      An aspiring novelist rebounds from a bad breakup by becoming the assistant to a Hollywood it-couple in Cobb’s deliciously twisty if flawed latest (after A Likeable Woman). When Cassidy Foster’s film producer best friend offers her a job working for director Nate Sterling and his supermodel-turned-actor wife, Marisol Torres, it sounds too good to be true: she’ll make a handsome salary and be in proximity to some of L.A.’s brightest stars. But Cassidy soon discovers that in the privacy of their Malibu mansion, Nate and Marisol’s relationship is far more tempestuous than it appears in the tabloids. In spite of herself, Cassidy falls for Nate, and agrees when he asks her to tail Marisol and find out if she’s cheating on him. Four weeks later, in flash-forward chapters sprinkled throughout the narrative, homicide detectives come knocking at Cassidy’s door with news that one of her employers has been killed, and Cassidy waffles over whether to come forward with crucial information related to the case. As in her previous novels, Cobb maximizes suspense by intersplicing timelines and withholding crucial bits of information. Unfortunately, this time out, the late reveals spin a once-credible narrative into absurdity. This has its glossy charms, but it fails to stick the landing. Agent: Victoria Sanders, Victoria Sanders & Assoc.

    • Library Journal

      December 6, 2024

      Cassidy Foster starts her Los Angeles life in the cushy position of personal assistant to screenwriter Nate Sterling and his starlet wife, Marisol Torres. Everything seems perfect.; the work is easy, the pay is good, and when Nate starts asking Cassidy to read scripts, it's potentially her big break into Hollywood. But discontent stirs beneath the placid surface of Nate and Marisol's relationship. Soon, Cassidy is spying for Nate, lying to Marisol, and finding herself falling in love--or into a trap, when one of her bosses is found dead and the clues point at her. Cobb gives subtle hints that Cassidy could be an unreliable narrator, while also fleshing out a tense mystery with a cast of duplicitous characters. Can the audience trust Cassidy? Can Cassidy trust anyone, or is she simply a pawn for Nate and Marisol? A surprising yet satisfying twist drives this point home, leaving listeners shocked but not totally caught unawares. Narrator Bethany Wilkerson shines in her performance of Cobb's (A Likeable Woman) latest, deftly handling a variety of accents, often in the same conversation, without them bleeding into one another. Each character sounds distinct in tone and speaking style. VERDICT A starstruck suspense novel that fans of interpersonal drama and passion (� la Gone Girl) will love.--Zoey Colglazier

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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