Synopses & Reviews
Website designer and high society rebel Andrea Kendricks would never have gotten involved with ego-in-pumps life-style hostess Marilee Mabry if it weren't for the underhanded machinations of Andy's upper crust mama. But thanks to Mother Cissy, Andy's donning designer duds to attend a launch party at the intolerable domestic diva's new Dallas TV studio and she's on hand to witness the celebration site go up in flames! Then a body turns up in the rubble, the victim, apparently, of some very foul play. Even though iron-willed Cissy isn't about to let her social calendar be upset by a little inconvenience like murder, her sometime-sleuthing daughter's got a more pressing engagement namely, hunting down a killer. But there are more than a few nasty messes tucked away in the Mabry closet and a craven assassin who has the Big D elite quaking in their cowboy boots may soon be burying Andy in hers!
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"Funny, compelling like a good soap opera and boasts an extremely likeable heroine." Romantic Times
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"The book is a good read...and Andy is a very likeable heroine. The writing is crisp, fast moving and witty." Mystery News
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"Wonderful and fascinating...[S]it back and let Andy take you on a fascinating trip through Chanel-land." Sally Fellows for The Mystery Bookstore (Omaha)
About the Author
Susan McBride got the idea for her Debutante Dropout Mysteries while a sorority pledge at the University of Texas, watching the Dallas debutantes practice their curtsies in study hall. The debut of the series, Blue Blood, won the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery of 2004 and was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. The second in the series, The Good Girl's Guide to Murder, was an Anthony Award nominee and a BookSense Also-Recommended Title. All four mysteries, including The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club and Night of the Living Deb, are Featured Alternate Selections of the Mystery Guild. Susan currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri.