Steven Bochco (1943–2018)

Easy to read fun book.
This book is narrated by fictitious agent, set in Hollywood it is the story basically of Greed.

Plot is down on his luck but still with lots of money Screen writer Bobby Newman witnesses a murder, he sees it with his telescope from his balcony in the Hollywood hills.
He decides to go and have a look. A handsome Latino Ladies man has been sleeping with lots of Hollywood starlets and videotaping it.
His luck runs out when he tries to blackmail a lady called Linda who then kills him. She doesnt know about the recording.
Bobby hides the tape of the murder and the black book with all the Ladies names in it.
Police investigate this Murder they have a few ideas of what actually happened.
Lead investigator is Dennis Farentino who eventually falls in love with Bobbys estranged wife Vee.
While Bobby is falling in love with Linda.
Gets a bit messy a bit of backstabbing goes on, Bobby leaks the video tape to the Police and Press.
Linda gets off with it and also divorced from her rich husband.
Bobby and Dennis become friends both see the possibility of making money from each others ideas.

Spoiler
Dennis kills Bobby steals his Book ideas and then the agent who narrates this book finds out and now no longer wants anything to do with Dennis.
Good little story.… (altro)