Killed in the Act - Matt Cobb, Bk 2 Author:William L. DeAndrea The second Matt Cobb mystery, with the lifelong television fan and network troubleshooter probing a series of bizarre incidents including a murder committed in front of forty million witnesses. — Brash, witty Matt Cobb, troubleshooter for a major television network, is pleasurably anticipating the festivities planned for the network's fiftieth an... more »niversary TV spectacular. Scheduled to fly to New York for the occasion are Melanie Marliss, Hollywood's reigning sex queen; Ken Shelby and Lenny Green, a famous comedy team reunited twelve years after an acrimonious split-up; and Alice Brockaway, Shelby's wife, an actress on whom Cobb had developed an enormous boyhood crush.
Unfortunately, a series of violent incidents threatens to torpedo the celebration. The body of a reporter is found in the Shelby's swimming pool just before their departure for New York. A friend of Cobb's is killed while trying to stop a thief from stealing a bowling ball and some old kinescopes. Then, in front of forty million witnesses, another murder is committed.« less