About That Night by Elaine BedellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Elizabeth Place is a TV producer on a hit Saturday night TV show called Bonkers featuring a former mega-star, whose star is now failing rapidly, Ricky Clough. Elizabeth knows that the head of programming, Matthew is going to cancel Ricky's show and intends to create a pilot with football pundit, and Elizabeth's married lover, Harry Hutchinson, with a view to giving Hutch the prime time slot.
When Ricky dies on camera during his Saturday night slot everyone thinks he's just overdone it on booze and drugs but soon it seems as though there may be a more sinister reason.
I was lured into this by Claudia Winkelman's rave review because she is my girl crush but frankly I didn't find this even remotely funny. It may be true to life (the author was formerly a TV producer in the UK) but it didn't make it engaging or any of the characters any more likeable. frankly by the end of the book Elizabeth came across as borderline pathetic and oblivious to all the undercurrents despite being in the centre of the vortex, even the ending seemed trite and contrived.
On the other hand, if you are looking for a well-written insight into the back-stabbing, incestuous world of prime time TV with its excesses and absurdities then this is a good place to start.
I received a free copy of this book from the publishers via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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