Jackie Collins Collins later stated that she was never consulted during production and that she did not agree with some of the casting choices. She then went on to write the sequel to "Chances", titled "Lucky" (1985), followed by "Hollywood Husbands" (1986) and "Rock Star" (1988). In 1990, Collins published her third Lucky Santangelo novel, "Lady Boss", and wrote and co-produced the television miniseries "Lucky Chances", which combined her first two Lucky Santangelo novels and starred Nicollette Sheridan (in the lead role) and Sandra Bullock. In 1992, Collins was widowed when her husband of 26 years, Oscar Lerman, died of cancer. Around
The Law and the Lady Though Collins is sometimes credited with inventing the detective story, others give that honour to Edgar Allan Poe, whose "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) was 27 years earlier than Collins' "The Moonstone". However, Collins almost certainly began the tradition of female sleuths continued by Agatha Christie with Miss Marple and, in more modern times, V. I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky's private detective. The Law and the Lady The Law and the Lady is a detective story, published in 1875 by Wilkie Collins. It is not quite as sensational in style as "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White". Valeria Brinton