As Dead as It GetsMaggie Mars used to be a journalist on the East Coast, but now she's come to L. A. to make a name for herself as a screenwriter and maybe live her fantasy of someday meeting Jack Nicholson. When Roger Urban, her long time mentor and friend, is found dead in a splashy red garter and bra Maggie is determined to find his killer. Helping Maggie are her legal eagle of a boyfriend and her batty father. Not to mention an L. A. cop who thinks Maggie just