Popped

Regan Reilly gets a call from Danny, a former school classmate, now a producer of a reality TV show pilot. He really needs the show to get picked up by the Balloon Network, owned by the eccentric Roscoe Parker. Danny needs Regan's help as bizarre things keep happening on his set. Regan flies from her office in LA to Las Vegas. The story is fast moving with quirky characters and unusual mysterious happenings. The story was a bit choppy and hard to follow at first, but it all pretty much pulls together by the end.

“Popped” by Carol Higgins Clark

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
PRINT:
© 2004, July 1; 9780743476652; Simon and Schuster; 368 pages; unabridged (Info from Simon and Schuster)
DIGITAL:
© 2003, September 23, 2003; ASIN: B000FC0SVY; Scribner; 368 pages; unabridged (Info from Amazon)
(this one)-AUDIO:
© 2010, February 19; ASIN: B003954SYW; Simon and Schuster Audio; 4 hours, 34 minutes; unabridged; 4 discs (info from Amazon)
FILM:
No

READING LEVEL (Accelerated Reader Scale)
IL [Interest Level]: UG; BL [Book Level]: 4.4
(UG= Upper grades (9-12), 4.4=4th month of 4th grade.)

WORD COUNT:
65320

SERIES:
Regan Reilley Mystery (Book 7 of 16)

CHARACTERS: (Not Comprehensive)
• Regan Reilly – An L.A. based private detective
• Danny Madley – An old school show more friend of Regan’s

SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
SELECTED:
It was available at the library and I thought I’d try it.
ABOUT:
Regan is needed in Las Vegas to help an old school friend, Danny Madley who has been warned off producing his reality TV show.
OVERALL OPINION:
Short and kind of silly slapstick humor.

AUTHOR:
Carol Higgins Clark (Bowker Biography found in the PVLD library catalog.)
Carol Higgins Clark was born in New York City in 1956 to suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark. She received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College before studying acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
She is the author of the Regan Reilly mystery series. Her novel Decked was nominated for both an Agatha and Anthony Award for Best First Novel. She has also co-authored several books with her mother including Deck the Halls, The Christmas Thief, Santa Cruise, and Dashing through the Snow.
As an actress, she has appeared in numerous television, film, and theater productions, including A Cry in the Night, a 1992 television movie based on a novel written by her mother.

NARRATOR
Carol Higgins Clark (Wikipedia excerpt)
Carol Higgins Clark (July 28, 1956 – June 12, 2023) was an American mystery author and actress. She was the daughter of suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark, with whom she co-authored several Christmas novels, and the former sister-in-law of author Mary Jane Clark.

GENRE:
Fiction; Women Sleuth Mysteries; Humorous

SUBJECTS (Not comprehensive):
Hot air ballooning; Reality television; Actors; Columnists; Competition

LOCATION:
Las Vegas, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico

TIME PERIOD:
2000’s

RATING:
2

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