Smash Cut / Sandra Brown / 367p.

The murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. Which also makes this book very scripted and flat, you know you have seen this storyline before.  Of course there is the very handsome, power hungry Lawyer who saves and falls in love with the independent, spirited mistress.  The villain is a rich kid who is obsessed with movies and spends a lot of time describing famous movie plots or responding with mainstream movie quotes (which after awhile gets kind of annoying).  The plot line of the book suffers from the fact that the suspense and harassment of the main characters continue because they keep secrets from each other and never talk to the police.  And, I never really cared for the romance between the leads considering their first "romantic" encounter is in an airplane bathroom (ahhh, nothing says true love like that!).  My Final Verdict: FAIL!