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Permed to Death
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ISBN13: 9781575664828 |
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Synopsis:
Meet Marla Shore, a Florida beauty salon owner with a knack for creating dazzling 'dos--and solving mysteries--in Palm Haven, a sleepy Southern town where almost everyone has something to hide.
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K Bloom, December 24, 2007 (view all comments by K Bloom)
Every six weeks, publishing maven Bertha Kravitz comes to the Cut'N Dye Beauty Salon to receive a permanent from the shop's owner Marla Shore. The cantankerous Berthe is a demanding individual who black mails the beautician into providing anything she wants. Bertha makes Marla open the shop two hours early. Marla severs her client a cup of coffee with her special cream before going into the backroom for a moment.
When Marla hears a noise out front, she races to the shop area only to find her nemesis dead. When cyanide is found in the coffee, the police turn to Marla as the prime suspect. The beauty parlor operator had the means, and opportunity, but the law enforcement officials have not yet discovered Marla's motive. The detective heading up the investigation wants to date Marla even as he expects to arrest the woman. To clear her name and to help him decide on the social side of his dilemma, Marla begins her own investigation to uncover a killer that will gladly add her to the count.
In her debut mystery, Nancy Cohen leaves the impression that she is a veteran writer. The heroine is an everywoman that enables most readers to easily identify with her. The law enforcement official is a huggable hunk that much of the audience will want to adopt as their own. The sexual sparks between them add to the overall complexity of the characters as well as balancing the who-done-it aspects of the story line with a human element. PERMED TO DEATH is an entertaining amateur sleuth tale that sub-genre fans will fully enjoy.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781575664828
- Publisher:
- Kensington
- Location:
- New York, NY :
- Author:
- Subject:
- Florida
- Subject:
- Mystery & Detective - General
- Subject:
- Mystery & Detective - Series
- Subject:
- Detective and mystery stories
- Subject:
- Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
- Subject:
- Women detectives
- Subject:
- Mystery fiction
- Subject:
- Women sleuths
- Subject:
- Beauty operators
- Subject:
- Shore, Marla
- Subject:
- Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
- Series:
- Bad Hair Day Mysteries (Hardcover)
- Series Volume:
- 112
- Publication Date:
- 19991201
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 293 p.
- Dimensions:
- 7.36x5.31x1.23 in. .78 lbs.
