Big Name Fan

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Pub Date Feb 25 2025 | Archive Date Mar 04 2025

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When two A-list celebrities famous for their on-screen chemistry as TV detectives (think: sapphic Mulder and Scully, or queer Rizzoli and Isles) are reunited to investigate a real-life Hollywood murder, fans who have been ‘shipping the leading ladies for years might just get the ending they’ve always wanted…

Bexley Simon and Sam Farmer aren’t detectives, but they play them on TV. Well, played, past tense. The iconic cult hit that was Craven’s Daughter ended five years ago, and their friendship died along with it. Fans were disappointed that the pair’s legendary chemistry went unfulfilled—and crushed that the actual spark between actresses Bex and Sam didn’t pay off, either. The network never intended for two women to get romantic, in life or onscreen, despite the fans. But the bigger tragedy was the loss of their dear friend, makeup artist Jen Arnot, whose accidental death cast a pall over the series’ last episodes.

Now the network has decided on a reunion special, and Bex and Sam are thrust together once more as hosts of a rewatch podcast that will feature favorite episodes. Their first guest—a megawatt star who played a murder victim early on—drops a bombshell. Among the millions of pixels of fanfic written about the show online, one truly prolific author, known in the fiction world as the show’s Big Name Fan, was an insider, almost certainly someone from the cast or crew.

As the podcast moves along—and the spark between Bex and Sam threatens to burn down the studio—the pair realize they’re faced with two actual mysteries: Who is their Big Name Fan? And was Jen’s death an accident, or did someone want her dead? Sifting through clues as they question cast and crew, the duo will need to separate fact from fiction as they make their personal partnership into unmistakable
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When two A-list celebrities famous for their on-screen chemistry as TV detectives (think: sapphic Mulder and Scully, or queer Rizzoli and Isles) are reunited to investigate a real-life Hollywood...

Advance Praise

“Television nostalgia and frisson meld with dark ambitions in this Tinseltown mystery, revealing the harms wreaked by keeping certain secrets—and the joys found in revealing others.” —Foreword Reviews

“The perfect read for any fan who never got the ending they wanted but so deeply deserved.” —Mia P. Manansala, author of the multi-award-winning Arsenic and Adobo

“An intriguing mystery wrapped in a heartwarming second-chance for the romantic leads—and for readers whose queer ships never got a happily ever after—Big Name Fan shows how powerful love can be in fueling a fight for the truth.” —Katie Siegel, author of Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective

“Big Name Fan is big name fun—a blend of sapphic workplace romance and cold case mystery with razor-sharp observations about celebrity, fandoms, and what it means to be queer in Hollywood.” —Kellye Garrett, award winning author of Missing White Woman

“Big egos, bright lights, and a behind-the-scenes murder collide in this sizzling romance/murder mystery that will keep fans—and readers—on the edge of their seats.” —Rob Osler, author of Devil’s Chew Toy

“Television nostalgia and frisson meld with dark ambitions in this Tinseltown mystery, revealing the harms wreaked by keeping certain secrets—and the joys found in revealing others.” —Foreword...


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ISBN 9781496751331
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PAGES 320

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