The Last Lover

"Full of unexpected plot twists and likable characters," says the American Library Association about The Last Lover. "This follow-up to Exposé is an enjoyable, fast-paced mystery full of sex, murder, and Mafia intrigue.  Sally Harrington's life as a journalist who splits her time between her hometown newspaper in Castleford, Connecticut, and a national television news [network headquartered station in New York has settled into a humdrum rhythm--her career going nowhere and her love life with New York book editor Spencer Hawes having lost much of its initial passion and furor. When she joins Spencer for a high-profile party in Los Angeles, she is just hoping to meet Liam Neesom but instead finds herself quickly entangled with Lilliana Martin, a rising star. After the party, Lilliana and Spencer mysteriously disappear. Then Lilliana's ex-boyfriend, Cliff Yarlen, a Hollywood union boss, pays Sally a visit at her Connecticut home, and she's soon drawn into a bicoastal murder and Mob-related crime investigation. Van Wormer matches Hollywood glitz with small-town New England common sense and good-natured traditional values to create an engaging and exciting tale... Van Wormer's latest is heartening and pleasing."