{What's On Your Kindle?} Lindy S. Hudis on Hollywood Underworld
His personal manager, Dani Foxx, is a seductive former actress with spunk, guts and a take-no-prisoners attitude. She lives in the Woodland Hills section of the San Fernando Valley with her teenage daughter. They must survive and protect each other in the world’s most glamorous and sin-filled city. Then an unidentified body discovered under the Santa Monica pier is found to belong to the up-and-coming young actor.
Dani’s partner, the dashing and charismatic A.J. Tarentella, is the son of a mob boss, raised in a ruthless crime family. He now is the proud owner of the Tarantella Agency, a Private Investigation Company located in the heart of Beverly Hills. He used his father’s work ethic, connections and family ties to build his powerful business empire, and now he is always there to help those in need.
When another gorgeous nubile actress on the brink of getting her breakout role mysteriously vanishes as the body of a beautiful young girl is discovered in Runyon Canyon Park in the Hollywood Hills, Dani realizes this is no coincidence. Who is targeting young Hollywood stars? And more importantly, how can Dani stop them before the next body surfaces?
Together, A. J. and Dani find themselves tangled in a web of organized crime, Hollywood secrets, and a vengeful faded movie star with a lethal vendetta.
5.0 out of 5 stars Tinseltown’s Seedy Underbelly Exposed
Book Information
Release Date: August 4, 2021
Publisher: Project X Publishing
Kindle eBook: 669 KB; 99 cents (FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED)
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Underworld-Lindy-S-Hudis-ebook/dp/B09C13582Y
Lindy S. Hudis is an award winning filmmaker, author and actress. She is a graduate of New York University, where she studied drama at Tisch School of the Arts. She also performed in a number of Off-Off Broadway theater productions while living in New York City.
She is the author of several titles, including her romance suspense novel, Weekends, her “Hollywood” story City of Toys, and her crime novel, Crashers. Her latest release, “Hollywood Underworld – A Hollywood Series” is the first installment of a crime, mystery series.
In addition, she has written several erotic short stories, including “The S&M Club”, “The Backstage Pass”, “Guitar God”, “The Guitarist”, and “The Mile High Club”.
Her short film “The Lesson”, which she wrote, produced and directed, has won numerous awards, including ‘Best Short Film’ at the Paris International Film Festival, The Beverly Hills Arthouse Film Festival and the San Fransisco International Film Festival.
She is also an actress, having appeared in the indie film Expressionism, the television daytime drama “Sunset Beach”, also “Married with Children” , “Beverly Hills 90210” and the feature film “Indecent Proposal” . She and her husband, Hollywood stuntman Stephen Hudis, have formed their own production company called Impact Motion Pictures, and have several projects and screenplays in development. She lives in California with her husband and two children.
Website & Social Media:
Website/Blog ➜ https://lindyinparadise.wordpress.com/
Twitter ➜ https://twitter.com/Lindyscribe
Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/LindyScribe/
Instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/lindys.hudis
Goodreads ➜ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6470478.Lindy_S_Hudis
Your book, Hollywood Underworld, sounds absolutely awesome. Can you tell us the story behind that intriguing title?
Lindy: HOLLYWOOD UNDERWORLD is the first in a series about Tinseltown and the many lives of the people who live and work there. It’s a crime fiction story. If it were a film, it would be considered Film Noir. It’s about a courageous single mom and personal manager who gets help from a very handsome crime boss to find a missing actor client of hers. The inspiration came from my years as an actress in Hollywood back in the 90’s. It was a different world then, before the internet, so a young actress could easily find herself in many precarious situations, and I did!
Can you tell us a little about your main characters?
Lindy: My heroine, Dani Foxx, is a touch cookie and a mom. Plus, she runs a business in the entertainment industry. We have all seen the news regarding the extent of the harassment and abuse that has been ongoing in Hollywood by men who have been using their power and status to abuse people. Many brave actresses and actors have been speaking out about this. This is a work of fiction, but it’s my story. A.J. Tarentella. Is her handsome business partner. He’s always looking out for Dani and her teenage daughter, dale. He knows how to handle the bullshit in the town like nobody else and, since he comes from a very wealthy and connected family, he is very powerful. He’s wonderful to talk to, a bit aggressive at times, but that is just the “Italian” in him, as he likes to say.
Where is your book set and why did you choose that particular location?
Lindy: Hollywood! There is no place on earth so full of drama, passion, hopes and dreams. The whole town lends itself to stories. It’s almost like another lead character in my book. My story is inspired by my life as an actress in Hollywood so it’s raw and gritty. When people think of Hollywood they think of glamour, beautiful movie stars and that kind of thing. My story takes the reader on a journey to that dark underbelly of that glittering world. It’s not for the faint of heart, but none of my stories are. If it were a film, it would be considered Film Noir. It’s about a courageous single mom and personal manager who gets help from a very handsome crime boss to find a missing actor client of hers.
What part would you say was the most exciting to write about?
Lindy: My story is very character driven, as there are so many “characters’ in LA, LOL. II let the characters tell me the story. I am “acting” when I bring my characters to life. They tell me what to do. As far as the subject matter goes, Hollywood is a very dramatic town. I moved to Los Angeles in the Spring of 1992 to pursue film and television work. Back in the 90’s there was no social media or internet, so plenty of bizarre things would happen behind the scenes. I took inspiration from real life to create my story. My stories are very character driven, coming from an acting background helps me develop my characters, so I bond with my characters. I let them tell me what they want to do. They tell me the story.
What's next for you?
Lindy: Write the sequel, Hollywood Boulevard. I’m working on that right now. Also, my husband and I have several screenplays that we have written. We have several different genres such as action, thriller, horror, drama and even comedy. We were very lucky as we entered our screenplay, CRASHERS (also my book) into the Sherman Oaks Screenplay Competition. The screenplay was an official selection and, although it didn’t win, we got great literary representation out of the contacts we made. CRASHERS is currently in development with Face 2 Face Productions, as our manager is also a producer. I am still very ambitious and have never given up on my Hollywood Dream
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