The Rise

When we bury our secrets, they always come back to haunt us…
Their rise was meteoric.
Only a few years before, they had been three friends from Glasgow, just trying to survive in a world of danger and dysfunction.
But on a March night in 1993, they were on Hollywood’s biggest stage, accepting their Oscar in front of the watching world.
That night was the beginning of their careers. But it was the end of their friendships.
Over the next twenty years, Mirren McLean would become one of the most powerful writers. Zander Leigh would break hearts as cinema’s most in-demand action hero. And Davie Johnson would rake in millions as the producer of some of the biggest shows on TV.
For two decades they didn’t speak, driven apart by a horrific secret.
Until now…
Now their past is coming back to bite them, and they have to decide whether to run, hide, or fight.
Because when you rise to the top, there’s always someone who wants to see you fall.

Previously published in the UK as TAKING HOLLYWOOD by Shari King.