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Jaine Austen, a budding freelance writer with big dreams and an appetite for Ben & Jerry’s, is offered a lucrative ghostwriting contract by the famed Beverly‑Hills socialite SueEllen Kingsley. When SueEllen is found dead, her own blow dryer the apparent murder weapon, the investigation quickly turns from a casual assignment into a full‑blown mystery. Jaine must sift through a web of glamorous suspects—including stepdaughter Heidi, a reclusive masseuse, a jealous nurse, and others—to uncover the killer’s identity in this playful murder mystery set in the glitzy world of Hollywood’s elite.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Laura Levine
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