The Disappearing ACT - by Catherine Steadman (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> "A British actress discovers the dark side of Hollywood when she is the only witness to the sudden disappearance of a woman she meets at an audition in this psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water and Mr. Nobody. Once a year, actors from across the globe descend on the smog and sunshine of Los Angeles for pilot season. Every cable network and studio looking to fill the rosters of their new shows enticing a fresh batch of young hopefuls, anxious, desperate and willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Careers will be made, dreams will be realized, stars will be born. And some will be snuffed out. British star Mia Eliot has landed leading roles in costume dramas in her native country, but now it's time for Hollywood to take her to the next level. Mia flies across the Atlantic to join the hoard of talent scrambling for their big breaks. She's a fish out of water in the ruthlessly competitive and faceless world of back-to-back auditioning. Then one day she meets Emily, another actress from out of town and a kindred spirit. Emily is friendly and genuine and reassuringly doesn't seem to be taking any of it too seriously. She stands out in a conveyor-belt world of fellow auditionees. But a simple favor turns dark when Emily disappears and Mia realizes she was the last person to see her, and the woman who knocks on Mia's door the following day claiming to be her new friend isn't the woman Mia remembers at all. All Mia has to go on is the memory of a girl she met only once . . . and the suffocating feeling that something terrible has happened. Worse still, the police don't believe her when she claims the real Emily has gone missing. So Mia is forced to risk the role of a lifetime to try to uncover the truth about Emily, a gamble that will force her to question her own sanity as the truth goes beyond anything she could ever have imagined. Actress and author Catherine Steadman has written a gripping thriller set in a world close to home that asks the question: In a city where dreams really do come true, how far would you go to make the unreal real?"-- <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>A British actress discovers the dark side of Hollywood when she is the only witness to the sudden disappearance of a woman she meets at an audition, in this electrifying psychological thriller from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Something in the Water</i> and <i>Mr. Nobody</i>.</b> <p/>Once a year, actors from across the globe descend on the smog and sunshine of Los Angeles for pilot season. Every cable network and studio is looking to fill the rosters of their new shows, enticing a fresh batch of young hopefuls--anxious, desperate, and willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Careers will be made, dreams will be realized, stars will be born. And some will be snuffed out. <p/>British star Mia Eliot has landed leading roles in costume dramas in her native country, but now it's time for Hollywood to take her to the next level. Mia flies across the Atlantic to join the horde of talent scrambling for their big breaks. She's a fish out of water in the ruthlessly competitive arena of back-to-back auditioning. Then one day she meets Emily, another actress from out of town and a kindred spirit. Emily is friendly and genuine and reassuringly doesn't seem to be taking any of it too seriously. She stands out in a conveyor-belt world of fellow auditionees. But a simple favor takes a dark twist when Emily disappears and Mia realizes she was the last person to see her. And when a woman knocks on Mia's door the following day claiming to be Emily and isn't the woman Mia remembers at all, Mia is deeply troubled. <p/>All Mia has to go on is the memory of a girl she met only once . . . and the suffocating feeling that something terrible has happened. Worse still, the police don't believe her when she claims the real Emily has gone missing. So Mia is forced to risk the role of a lifetime to try to uncover the truth about Emily, a gamble that will force her to question her own sanity as the truth goes beyond anything she could ever have imagined. <p/>Actress and author Catherine Steadman has written a gripping thriller set in a world close to home that asks the question: In a city where dreams really do come true, how far would you go to make the unreal real? <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> <b>Praise for the novels of Catherine Steadman<br></b><br>"There's a good chance [Steadman's] intelligently descriptive, written-for-TV-and-film writing style grew out of her experiences in front of a camera. Her literary instincts are spot on, and the protagonists she creates feel as alive as some of the characters she's inhabited on film. . . . This talent for inhabiting characters carries over into her writing."<b>--<i>The Washington Post</i><br></b><br>"If her first book, <i>Something in the Water</i>, was the Steadman gateway drug, then <i>Mr. Nobody </i>. . . will get you hooked. Let's hope, for purposes of withdrawal mitigation, there's a third."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i></b><br>"Riveting."<b>--<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b> <p/>"Mesmerizing . . . Suspense is peppered in all the right places, and every bread crumb dropped throughout the story returns in wildly imaginative ways."<b>--Associated Press<br></b><br>"Thrilling and thought-provoking."<b>--Riley Sager, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Home Before Dark</i><br></b><br>"The perfect beach read."<b>--<i>PopSugar</i></b> <p/>"With unreliable characters, wry voices, exquisite pacing, and a twisting plot, Steadman potently draws upon her acting chops."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> <b>Catherine Steadman</b> is an actress and writer based in North London, UK. She is best known in the United States for her role as Mabel Lane Fox in <i>Downton Abbey</i>. Her debut novel, <i>Something in the Water, </i>was a Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine pick and a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller. It was longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award and shortlisted for the Macavity Award and the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel, and it has been optioned for film by Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon's production company.
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