Maddie Springer has always been chronically late; when she says she'll be there "in about 20 minutes" you might as well tack on another hour. She turns her footwear-for-tots designs in late, she can't remember appointments to save her life and her perennial excuse is, "There was traffic on the 405." It isn't until Maddie is late late—her monthly visitor seems to have taken a leave of absence—that Maddie starts to worry. Then her boyfriend Richard Howe, a Ken doll look alike and lawyer, turns up missing after blowing her off for lunch. The LAPD are on the case with the hottest detective on the force, Jack Ramirez, leading the way.

What Maddie thought was a simple missing person's case quickly escalates into something much more horrifying—her boyfriend is suspected of embezzling $20 million. The man he allegedly lifted it from winds up with a gunshot wound to the back of the head and is found in the dumpster of a dive motel in North Hollywood. And worst of all, her boyfriend is (gasp) MARRIED! Maddie can't take the thought of her possible baby-daddy (oh, if only she would stop being such a chicken and take a pregnancy test to confirm her fears!) lying and cheating, much less on the fast-track to a life sentence and a hideous orange jumpsuit. Taking matters into her own hands, Maddie decides to "Charlie Angels" it and starts her own investigation despite several warnings from Detective Ramirez. She might just listen to him if she wasn't constantly distracted by his bulging muscles. Besides, her boyfriend's life is on the line!

This charming debut novel by Gemma Halliday delightfully combines the best parts of chick lit with light mystery in the same vein as Janet Evanovich, SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT by Meg Cabot and SEX, MURDER AND A DOUBLE LATTE by Kyra Davis. Smart, funny and snappy, SPYING IN HIGH HEELS is the perfect beach read!

Book Summary

L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears -- along with $20 million in embezzled funds -- and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300 pound psychic and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer.

But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her...

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