Haven't seen the book yet, but I like the title. "Beverly Hills Adjacent" is a debut novel with strong local flavor and media bloodlines: it's by Jennifer Steinhauer, the New York Times bureau chief in Los Angeles, and Jessica Hendra, the author of "How To Cook Your Daughter: A Memoir." St. Martin's Press describes the book, out this week, as set during TV pilot season in L.A. The lead characters are an insecure actor and his wife, a UCLA poetry professor "whose job...makes her in but not of Los Angeles, with its illogical pecking order and relentless tribal customs." Her life apparently changes when a wildly successful producer begins lavishing her with attention. Publishers Weekly says it "casts a reproachful gaze on the television industry," and it sounds like it might be entertaining for foodies as well.