Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine

By: Laura Levine

Freelance writer Jaine Austen is moving on up! A cushy new advertising gig promises champagne wishes and caviar dreams, but Jaine soon discovers she?s not the only one in town who?s making a killing?

Jaine Austen #9

Genre: Mystery Woman Sleuth | Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Kensington
May 1, 2010
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Featuring: Jaine Austen
304 pages
ISBN: 0758238452
EAN: 9780758238450
Kindle: B0053YQMDW
Hardcover / e-Book

Book Summary

Without a job or a date in sight, Jaine is equally out of luck in finance and romance. So when her friend Lance offers to treat her to brunch at the Four Seasons, Jaine leaps at the chance like a fashionista at a pair of half-price Louboutins. They’ve barely made it through the menu when Lance spots his friend Bunny. Dressed like a million bucks—and probably worth twice that—Bunny is the new trophy wife of mattress maven Marvin Cooper.

When Bunny generously offers Jaine a gig writing Marv’s new advertising campaign, Jaine accepts the job, and an invitation to her upcoming soirée. But at the party Bunny cruelly rules the Cooper mansion with a fist full of martinis, abusing terrified staff and her browbeaten husband alike. It seems like this society girl could use a good kick in the assets. Indeed, before the evening is over, someone poisons the D-cup diva. Dead must be the new black.

The police arrest Lance, but Jaine knows his murderous urges end at her closet door. She sets out to clear his name and discovers a list of suspects longer than Bunny’s credit card bill. Did Mattress Marv get tired of his little bunny hopping into another man’s bed, or did a jealous boy-toy fix her a fatal cocktail? Marv’s ex-wife Ellen has plenty of motives for murder, as does Bunny’s harassed maid Lupe. Or was it Bunny’s seething stepdaughter who sent her to that Great Shopping Mall in the Sky?

Jaine is running out of time. Jobless, Lance is losing his mind and taking it out on Jaine’s apartment, wardrobe, and indignant cat Prozac. And before Jaine can say 9021Oh-no someone else is murdered. Between a house guest that won’t leave, a suitor-turned-stalker, and killer on the loose, Jaine’s jackpot may turn out to be fool’s gold.

THIS PEN FOR HIRE

THIS PEN FOR HIRE

#1.0

June 1, 2003

LAST WRITES

LAST WRITES

#2.0

June 1, 2004

KILLER BLONDE

KILLER BLONDE

#3.0

May 1, 2005

SHOES TO DIE FOR

SHOES TO DIE FOR

#4.0

May 1, 2006

THE PMS MURDER

THE PMS MURDER

#5.0

June 1, 2006

DEATH BY PANTYHOSE

DEATH BY PANTYHOSE

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June 1, 2007

CANDY CANE MURDER

CANDY CANE MURDER

#6.5

October 1, 2007

KILLING BRIDEZILLA

KILLING BRIDEZILLA

#7.0

June 1, 2008

KILLER CRUISE

KILLER CRUISE

#8.0

May 1, 2009

PAMPERED TO DEATH

PAMPERED TO DEATH

#10.0

August 1, 2011

KILLING CUPID

KILLING CUPID

#12.0

January 1, 2014

DEATH BY TIARA

DEATH BY TIARA

#13.0

July 1, 2015

DEATH OF A GIGOLO

DEATH OF A GIGOLO

#17.0

October 1, 2019

MURDER GETS A MAKEOVER

MURDER GETS A MAKEOVER

#18.0

October 1, 2021

DEATH BY SMOOTHIE

DEATH BY SMOOTHIE

#19.0

December 1, 2022

DEATH BY SMOOTHIE

DEATH BY SMOOTHIE

December 1, 2022

MURDER GETS A MAKEOVER

MURDER GETS A MAKEOVER

November 1, 2022

MURDER GETS A MAKEOVER

MURDER GETS A MAKEOVER

October 1, 2021

KILLER CRUISE

KILLER CRUISE

September 1, 2021

DEATH OF A GIGOLO

DEATH OF A GIGOLO

January 1, 2021

KILLER BLONDE

KILLER BLONDE

February 1, 2020