RED FLAGS
Professional racecar driver Kate Reilly arrives in Long
Beach, California, to promote the upcoming Grand Prix, not expecting to
identify a dead body or solve another murder—especially when the victim’s a
relative she didn’t even like. Her new sponsor and the race organizers apply pressure,
wanting to keep racing’s image clean, and Kate reluctantly agrees to
investigate.
From Sony Studios to Venice Beach, from Rodeo Drive to
the Hollywood Hills, Kate plunges into the Southern California scene. She
parties with movie stars, “takes meetings,” and shops with rich housewives, all
while trying to uncover a motive for murder. At the same time, she’s
negotiating the next steps in her professional racing career, including testing
a new racecar on an oval track.
In the flurry of excitement, neither Kate’s murder
inquiries nor her personal life run smoothly. She discovers more about the
disreputable members of her father’s family than she expected or wanted to know,
and her temper frays. She publicly juggles two attractive men, drawing intense
and unwanted attention from paparazzi. And worse, this ballooning media
exposure generates national commentary about her career choices, talent, and
femininity.
The Long Beach race weekend begins with Kate constantly
on the go, fielding questions, involved in three separate racing series, and
closing in on a killer. Red flags warn her of danger in the racecar, but
off-track, Kate finds it hard to heed the signs and stay out of a killer’s
grasp.
