"Working out of an aging, smoke-filled Cadillac fondly named the Silver Bullet, Annie McGrogan and her partner, ex-cop Sonny Gondolfo (a practiced cheater himself) are waiting out another matrimonial surveillance. But this time Annie is using the moment to build the character she needs for her next audition. The role of Glenda, long-suffering wife of a private eye, doesn't much appeal to Annie, but her agent says it's a "significant part" in a "major project" with a "name director," which could make it a "key career role."" "Of course, Annie knows the first rule of auditions: they never lead to parts. But soon she's bidding a slightly disbelieving farewell to the SAD Squad (Special Anti-adultery Division). On an enormous sound stage in Astoria, Queens, a bizarre collection of bi-costal characters are preparing to shoot a nouveau noir adventure story. Free Ride is the director's first flirtation with murder - and dead right for Annie McGrogan." "Known as an Italian Woody Allen, director Alan DeLucca is tall, lean, charismatic...and married. Deeply attracted, Annie struggles with her character - on and off screen - but when Alan invites her to join him on a trip to scout locations, she accepts. The sprawling old resort hotel perched high in the mountains is a breathtaking setting for romance, but this love scene turns into a mob scene when the DeLucca family and the entire film crew arrive. Annie, retreating to her room, stumbles upon her first dead body. Suddenly her film career is on hold - and she's the prime suspect for murder." "The local D.A. wants a speedy arrest; Annie speedily hooks up with her old sidekick, Sonny. Through a maze of conflicting clues and mixed motives, Annie improvises her way to center stage, surrounded by a group of most unusual suspects..in the most dazzling performance of her career."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved