Synopses & Reviews
For her latest case, Pauline Sokol is assigned to investigate plastic surgery fraud in swanky Newport, Rhode Island. To get inside the exclusive "spa", she must go undercover as a private duty nurse. Now all she needs is a suitable wellandndash;heeled patient. Luckily, her best friend and colorful coandndash;worker Goldie fits the bill (and the high heels), and he selflessly volunteers for a nose job. Once she's infiltrated this surgical playground for the rich and spoiled, Pauline discovers that someone in the practice is scamming the insurance companies. More than a few of these jet setters have become addicted to plastic surgery and many of the women's husbands have refused to pay for any more elective "changes." So someone is making up diagnoses so the (inflated) costs are covered without anyone being the wiser. A "nose job" has now become a "repair of a deviated septum for better breathing." But a simple case of semantics soon turns deadly when a male secretary's body is found floating fifty feet below the jagged ocean cliff. As she struggles to keep herself out of danger, Pauline can't believe her nonandndash;altered eyes when the enigmatic Jagger shows up to at the BandB where she's staying. But even her hunky cohort can't keep her safe when a simple case of going under the knife is anything but cut and dried.
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“A fresh, new voice in mystery . . . great fun and a diverting escape.” Laura Van Wormer
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“Delightful.” Publishers Weekly
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“A wacky and outright hilarious new mystery series...great sparring dialogue, well-defined characters and comedy galore.” Curled up with a Good Book Reviews
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“Fans of Evanovich are sure to enjoy this funny, fast-paced series.” Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author
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“Clever, comical, and gutsy, Pauline Sokol is the perfect sleuth.” Nancy J. Cohen, author of the Bad Hair Day Mysteries
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“Sexy and sassy . . . a sure prescription for outrageous sleuthing.” Carolyn Hart
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“A hilarious roller coaster ride.” Merline Lovelace, USA Today Bestselling Author
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“An outrageous romp of a novel; a laugh and a shiver -- a book I just couldnt put down.” Christopher Whitcomb, former FBI agent and New York Times bestselling author of Cold Zero, Black, and White
Synopsis
Ex-nurse-turned-insurance investigator Pauline Sokol enlists the help of her cross-dressing friend Goldie in order to gain entry into the posh plastic surgery "spa" Highcliff Manor, but her case becomes complicated when the spouse of a wealthy client of the spa is unexpectedly found dead and a receptionist who knows too much turns up at the bottom of a cliff. Original.
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Ex-nurse-turned-insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol's willing to risk
anything to put a bad doc out of business—even her best friend Goldie's near-perfect proboscis! Her cross-dressing compadre has agreed to get his shnozz bobbed so Pauline can pose as his private nurse and gain entry into Highcliff Manor—a posh plastic surgery "spa" making an illegal killing with their repeat clientele.
But when a super-rich "frequent flier" is unexpectedly widowed—and a receptionist who knows too much is given the boot . . . off a nearby cliff!—Pauline realizes she's stuck her own nose into something really nasty. Despite the pleasant distraction of the hunky Dr. Neal—and the unexpected appearance of her sexy cohort, Jagger—Pauline can't shake the feeling she's being closely watched. And if she's not careful, she'll be the next one who goes under the knife!
About the Author
After serving in the Air Force as a registered nurse, Lori Avocato decided to give up nursing to write fiction. She lives in New England and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, PASIC, NINC, Romance Writers of America, the Author's Guild, and Sisters in Crime. She's raising two teenage sons (heaven help her!), and one darling dog, Spanky. Lori is the author of six novels featuring Pauline Sokol: A Dose of Murder; The Stiff and the Dead; One Dead Under the Cuckoo's Nest; Deep Sea Dead; Nip, Tuck, Dead; and Dead on Arrival.