Close-Ups; Author: Anderson, Bette; Paperback

Author: Anderson, Bette
Paperback
Published: October 2002
Writer's Showcase
ISBN: 0595248349
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Chris Maple, a news photographer, loses her job and decides to freelance in Laguna Beach, California. While exploring the town she casually takes pictures of a wedding party, including the bridal couple and some sinister-looking guests. When the newlyweds disappear and the groom is murdered, Chris realizes that her pictures may hold clues to the crime. She enlists the aid of her ex-husband, a police lieutenant, to solve the case. Her efforts result in an attack on her own life, but she persists until the threads of the mystery unravel. Green politics is a subplot of the story, together with the pervasive influence of money and power. Chris accepts an assignment with a local environmental group fighting a proposed development, only to find that the project and the murder are conne