In the midst of Hollywood glamour, a shocking murder turns Meredith Ogden's life upside down when she discovers her boss, celebrity gossip columnist Bettina Grant, dead. As she teams up with detective T.K. Raymond to investigate, Meredith navigates threats from a volatile TV host, demands from Grant's family, and her own personal turmoil. With her safety at risk and past ghosts resurfacing, she unravels the mystery of the murder while seeking a new path in the industry after losing her mentor.
Sunset West: Guns, Grit and Gossip is the sequel to The Last Legwoman,: A Novel of Hollywood, Murder and Gossip!Hollywood columnist Meredith Ogden finds herself, before dawn, aboard a private plane enroute to a New Mexico movie location where the son of the film's star has died of an overdose. The film's director, Meredith's old friend and lover, has implored her to come to the location, write a "fair, truthful and straight forward" story ahead of rumor and innuendo. Against her better judgment she agrees. Her unfolding journey of drugs, danger and drama makes for juicy news stories but threatens day-to-day life of everyone around her including T.K. Raymond, detective specializing in high profile celebrity crimes with whom she lives. Pulled into the gossip columnist's web of international drugs and deceit he also deals with his own shadowed journey in a criminal world. Through it all, traditional Hollywood gossip sparkles along-and evolves as Meredith and her colleagues strive to stay alive, and find their role in the "new" Hollywood.
Meredith Ogden's temporary role as a cohost on a top morning TV show leads her into a web of network politics and rivalry, as she impresses executives but also becomes a target of sabotage. After returning home, she finds herself stranded on a ghostly warship while investigating the threats to her career. As she confronts her past and navigates her complicated relationship with detective T.K. Raymond, she must decide her professional future amidst the chaos.