The Talk Show Murders

Al Roker returns with his most tantalizing mystery to date��s celebrity chef turned sleuth Billy Blessing finds his plate full of danger and secrets from his long-buried past threaten to make a comeback.

Before Billy Blessing was tapped to co-host the morning show Wake Up, America!, the celebrity chef lived a totally different life under a very different identity: as wily con man Billy Blanchard. Caught trying to run a scam on a shady Detroit businessman, Billy did time for his crimes, and has successfully kept that part of his past covered up ever since. But when Eddie Patton, a nosy ex-cop with a long memory, tries to blackmail him, Billy may have to pay up or to see the embarrassing truth blogcast to the world. And when Patton winds up dead, it�� just the first in a string of killings that has America�� most beloved TV host scrambling for clues and desperate to clear his name. Throw in a budding romance with a visiting movie star, and Billy Blessing may have finally gotten himself into one sticky situation even he can�� talk his way out of.

��reat fun! Al pulls back the curtain to reveal what really goes on when the cameras go off.����arlan Coben

��reat fun, full of nifty twists and turns.����arl Hiaasen

��n engaging performance . . . The Talk Show Murders has all the charm and depth of a network morning show. The characters are pithy and colorful.��i>��ystery Scene

��s well-paced and thoughtfully prepared as an Alice Waters tasting menu.����i>Kirkus Reviews

��or fans old and new, The Talk Show Murders is a book not to pass up.��i>��he Philadelphia Tribune