By: Laura Levine
Genres: Mystery Woman Sleuth | Mystery Amateur Sleuth
Posted: February 26, 2010
This becomes very apparent during a party at the Cooper mansion when Bunny browbeats everyone in attendance. Is it any wonder someone put poison in her martini? When Lance becomes the main suspect, the only thing left for Jaine to do is prove his innocence by finding out the identity of the real killer.
Of course, whenever Jaine is involved, you can count on lots of high jinks and hilarious mayhem before the final resolution. Get ready for a delightfully fun and quick read in DEATH OF A TROPHY WIFE.
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.
by: Laura Levine
Kensington
May 1, 2010
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Featuring: Jaine Austen
304 pages
ISBN: 0758238452
EAN: 9780758238450
Kindle: B0053YQMDW
Hardcover / e-Book