Jackie Collins Drop Dead Beautiful

Drop Dead Beautiful

Jackie Collins

St. Martin's, Jul 2007, $24.95

ISBN 0312341792

One time Mafia princess and Hollywood producer Lucky Santangelo plans a big party to celebrate her father Gino Bonatti's ninety-fifth birthday. She sets up the gala in Las Vegas where she is building a megaresort facility. Long time Bonnatti family enemy Anthony Bonar sees the bash as a ripe opportunity to destroy his most hated foe.

Anthony's wife Irma turns to their Mexican gardener and to a FED. At the same time that Irma finds pleasure in the arms of other men, Lucky's sixteen year old old chip off the old block daughter Max lies to her and her husband by saying she is with her friends when in fact she is meeting someone she met over the Internet. Lucky will shortly understand her mother better as she feels punished for her teen crimes when all hell breaks loose.

Fans of Jackie Collins (count me in) will delight with the return of Lucky Santangelo (VENDETTA, DANGEROUS KISS, and LADY BOSS, etc) as she mixes Hollywood and Vegas with the mob and family. The story line is lighthearted as always as Lucky and Anthony head to a showdown on the Strip. Although the romantic sidebars of her pals seem unlucky for readers as they are distracters, series readers will appreciate the antics of the former mafia Princess as she deals with her most challenging adversary yet, Mad Max.

Harriet Klausner