Murder at the Academy Awards (R): A Red Carpet Murder Mystery, Rivers Joan, Farmer Jerrilyn

The Academy Awards(R). Its Hollywoods biggest night, and theres no star better equipped than the tart-tongued Max Taylor to hold court on the glamorous Red Carpet. Sharing the dish with her daughter, Drew, the calls-it-as-she-sees-it entertainer has parlayed this star-studded annual gig into televisions most-watched pre-show event. And tonight, Max has landed a real coup--an exclusive interview with Halsey Hamilton, a fabulous, young, paparazzi-trailed Oscar nominee. But not even Max, whos seen her share of celebrity train wrecks, is prepared for an incoherent Halsey, straight out of rehab, to stumble up to the mic, slur a few cryptic words, and drop dead at the hem of Maxs stunning Michael Kors gown.

To Hollywood, the starlets demise was tragic but inevitable. To Max, it looks more like a perfectly calculated crime. After all, she alone heard Halseys final whisper--a clue that leads Max to the pricey rehab clinic Wonders. With a weakness for nothing more disturbing than artificial sweeteners, Max nonetheless goes undercover and embarks on a twelve-step investigation into murder. Once inside the luxury clinic, Maxs list of suspicious players expands faster than the Jolie-Pitt family: Burke Norris, a professional cad and Drews ex-fianc ; Halseys father, who is still making money off his dead daughters fame; Halseys jealous younger sister; and Rojo Bernstein, a tattooed karate hipster who knew the troubled fallen star much better than anyone suspected.