Synopses & Reviews
Newly wealthy ex-hairdresser Stan Kraychik buys the last unrenovated brownstone in Boston's fabulously chic South End only to have the renovations held up by a freak April snowstorm-and the murder of the young, attractive contractor. Because the victim bears some resemblance to Stan himself, the police think he might have been the intended target and want to leave town while they look for the killer. Instead Stan begins to snoop around on his own, discovering a web of secrets and jealousies that someone has killed to protect-and the contractor's murder is only the beginning.
Review
"Another entertaining haywire adventure for the sleuthing Boston hairdresser." --
Library Journal on Time to Check Out"This is a first-rate mystery with an Agatha Christie lineup of very possible suspects and Stan Kraychik playing a terrific Poirot." --San Francisco Chronicle on Dead on Your Feet
"The opera setting is as ripe for Michaels as it was for the Marx Brothers-and the finale even squeezes in a little of them too." --Kirkus Reviews on Mask for a Diva
"An engaging mystery that epitomizes the best in the genre. The one-liners fly as fast as bullets and there is a surprise in nearly every chapter..." --The Advocate on Love You to Death
"Michaels hands another case to out-of-the-closet, loud-and-proud Boston hairdresser Stan Kraychik in this witty, fast-moving romp." --Publishers Weekly on Dead on Your Feet