hollywood (los angeles, calif.)

Bad Dog's back in the pound, and has three days to live, but when Vince Gold, agent to the stars, drops by looking for the The Next Big Doggy Thing, Bad Dog must convince him that he can act and be a star in Hollywood.

A broken heart, an intrusive public, and a streak of bad luck convince Jess that being the younger sister of a major television star has its drawbacks.

In 1923, fourteen-year-old Alicia Martinez is cast in a silent movie, but near-disasters on the set seem to be directed at her.

Ben Collier travels to California, after returning from military service in Europe during World War II, and visits his sister-in-law to inform her that her husband, Ben's brother Danny, suffered a fall from a hotel window that later leads to his death, causing Ben to investigate who may have murdered his sibling.

Spunky teenage sleuth Carter Colborn, visiting her writer-director father in Hollywood, delves into the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old movie star whose past oddly mirrors her own.

When their family breaks up, Margery, her older sister, and their mother leave Atlanta for Hollywood and a new life among movie stars and the bohemian inhabitants of a theosophical colony. Sequel to "Whistle Down a Dark Lane.".