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Hollywood Forbidden: A Hollywood Alphabet Series Thriller Kindle Edition

by M.Z. Kelly (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 496 ratings
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LAPD Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner, Bernie, return in, Hollywood Forbidden, the sixth book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers.

Catalina Island is only thirty miles from Hollywood as the crow flies. It’s an idyllic place with colorful houses, shops, and a placid harbor full of boats owned by some of Hollywood’s elite. But when Kate takes a leave of absence from her job and arrives on the island she soon realizes that the peaceful retreat has another side. Her friend’s niece, Sissy, and her two best friends are all charged with murder and then kidnapped during the murder of a high profile attorney at the courthouse.

All signs point to Sissy and her friends being taken in by a sex trafficking ring. The stakes become even higher when the press learns that a deadly cult is active on the island and the deceased attorney may have been involved in one of Hollywood’s most notorious murder cases known as, The Fallen Angel.

Kate’s best friends, Natalie and Mo, become involved in the case, creating havoc at every turn, while Kate works with Catalina Detective Buck McCade who’s made his way to the island via Laredo, Texas. What follows is a high octane thrill ride as Kate and Buck try to solve a string of murders, save the girls, keep Kate’s friends from meddling in things, and unravel a notorious murder and a secret that has haunted the island for over two decades.

Hollywood Forbidden is a not to be missed thriller that hits all the high notes in a series that continues its laugh-out-loud humor, fast pace, crazy characters, and more twists and turns than a high speed chase down Hollywood Boulevard.

Other books in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers include: Hollywood Assassin, Hollywood Blood, Hollywood Crazy, Hollywood Dirty, and Hollywood Enemy.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NXKCNIG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kingston Roads Press, LLC (September 25, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 25, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3437 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 316 pages
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M.Z. Kelly

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MZ "Mack" Kelly spent over thirty years in the field of law enforcement. His experience includes dealing with violent felony offenders, making sentencing recommendations to the courts, running a jail, and developing innovative programs to keep our streets safe.

His law enforcement experience was in Southern California, not too far from the famous Sunset Strip, and includes run-ins with some of America's craziest criminals, not to mention a few wannabe actors, and even an Oscar award winner!

Kelly is the author of the Hollywood Alphabet Series, the Madison Knox Brooklyn Mystery Series, and the Hollywood Nights, Romantic Suspense Series with author Lexi Grace. You can find his website at: mzkelly.com or contact him at: mackzkelly@gmail.com

Co-Author Lexi Grace - Romantic Suspense:

Lexi Grace is a contemporary romance author who loves stories that sizzle with passion and desire. She’s a former journalist and marketing professional who now spends her spare time renovating old houses. When she’s not wielding a hammer or a pen, she loves working in her garden and helping out with a variety of charitable causes.

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claudette valliere
5.0 out of 5 stars Kate, Buck and love?
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2014
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Another good one from Kelly.

This one has Kate and Bernie on Catalina Island off the Cali coast.

Kate is there on leave following the death of Jack Bautista and Powell, the man who killed him and tried to kill her. Kate has had a rough year. She's also there to support Mo and her sister.

Seem Mo's neice, Sissy, was involved with a killing and a coverup of that killing.

Sissy and her three friends accidently shot a man who was going to rape one of the girls. They then hid the body and were found out by the police.

They are now in court at a detention hearing to decide whether or not they remain in detention.

The girls lost the verdict, the lights went out, and one of the girls defense attorneys was shot and killed.

Kate and a Deputy Sheriff, Buck McCade, who's a local LEO go in pursuit. No go. The guy makes it through the courthouse, out the door and onto the back of a motorcycle and is gone.

When Kate and Buck get back they find the three defendants are also gone.

So begins one damned fine and funny read.

This one has Kate, Bernie, Buck, Mo, Natalie, missing girls, a cult, old history, murder, attempted murder, loads of killing, a very smart girl named Grace, Kate's half sister and life saver Lindsay, Kate and Buck getting close and one hell of a twisted murder mystery.

Five Stars and then some
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4.0 out of 5 stars Another good book in the Hollywood series
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2014
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This was a good book, well worth reading. It's a bit of a let down after the last book, I mean it would have to be. After the intense lead up to catching her father's killer and the ending with Jack, there is just no way the next book could be as intense…and that's ok! So the story is Kate is still on leave on the island of Catalina with her friends Mo and Natalie. She gets sucked into an investigation when Mo's niece is kidnapped along with a couple of other girls. Kate works with the local PD, her partner being Buck McCade. He is from Texas and a total hoot to get to know. She has to deal with a couple of other detectives who are not so friendly toward her and then there is the defense attorney/funeral director and some older adults who are retired actors that all join the wacky cast in this book. So the girls are kidnapped to be part of a secret cult ritual that will end in their deaths if they are not found in time. Natalie and Mo of course do their own snooping and are actually a little more tame in this book, which I personally find a relief. They have been so whacked out in other books that it made the story less believable. I was a little disappointed in some of the character development. I expected Kate to be vulnerable after everything that happened in the previous two books, but I thought some of her interactions with Buck were just downright childish and it was disappointing to me that she was portrayed that way. All in all I thought it was a good book and can't wait for Hollywood Games!
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Warren A. Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars You Won't Guess the Ending of This One
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2018
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Hollywood police detective Kate Sexton takes a leave of absence from her department to help her friend find what has happened to the friend's niece who was kidnapped with two other girls during a murder trial on the island of Catalina. Actually one of the girls was being tried for murder of the man who tried to rape her and the other two were being tried as accessories to the murder for helping to hide the body. But when the lights go out in the courtroom, their attorney is murdered and the girls are whisked away before the electricity is restored. They are then believed to be held by the "Blue Hoods," a sex trafficking gang and their lives may be in immediate danger. Since Catalina Island has very little crime, the police department welcomes the help of Kate and police dog Bernie (except for those assigned to work under her) and hope to solve the crime before the FBI can be brought in. The book has some chapters told in the first person of Kate, and some chapters told in the third person where Kate is not present keeping the reader in the loop, but not enough to predict what will happen. The suspense really thickens near the end of the book. Big surprise at the end. Great job by the author.
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ShereeK
5.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood Forbidden
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2018
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In this installment of the Alphabet Series, Detective Kate takes some time off after the ordeal she experienced in the last book of nearly being killed by the stalker who had killed her parents. She goes to Catalina Island for several weeks but near the end of her stay, gets drawn into a murder investigation. After getting permission from her boss on the mainland to assist, it morphs into several murders, kidnapping and a cult. It gets personal when her friend Mo's neice is kidnapped with 2 of the girl's friends. Kate's roommates are in Catalina with her because Mo's sister runs a home for retired actors and made the arrangments for them all to stay there. This makes for humorous situations with the accentric residents. There's a possible love interest for Kate, and local detectives who resent her "outsider interference." There are several twists and turns making this a page turner. I would recommend this series for anyone who enjoys unravelling mysteries.
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Damion's Mommy
3.0 out of 5 stars Pushed too fast, many errors this time 😔
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017
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I got the freebies and started reading, now I'm buying the others. This is the first book that has had multiple issues in it. Is this being rushed? I don't know but given the stories have kept my interest so far, I'll read the next to determine how to proceed. Is one left a lot of questions regarding the original circumstances of the plot. What happened to the girls and the murder charges etc? Lots of unanswered questions! Also....you fall In love with a man who was murder next to you and before 3 months is up you're already going high school crush over someone else?! Highly unlikely and. It believable. Makes me dislike Kate very much. What's also aggravating is you have all these characters but you don't keep up with them. Idk, I'm not an author so I'll surely shut up but you ask for reviews and i never write them. This book left a lot of aggravation so....here ya go. Overall, Good reads, some better than others but his one was lacking some....hope it's just this one! I hate wasting money and I don't want to think a good series was shot because it was pushed too fast or.....yeahhh
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Jan Hannah
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT SERIES
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2016
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GREAT SERIES SO FAR. KEEP WRITING THEM MZ KELLY
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4.0 out of 5 stars good I liked it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2015
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good I liked it
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2015
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Brilliant read, cant wait to start the next one.
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erindors
5.0 out of 5 stars M.Z Kelly
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2015
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Love the Hollywood books.
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George Davidson
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2015
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Enjoyed the book
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