Deadly Does It
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
When Natasha Mason’s AA sponsor is in deadly danger, she turns to the cranky yet brilliant Julia Mann for help, in this exciting new mystery novel from the USA Today bestselling author of One Death at a Time.
Mason, a Gen Z adrenaline junkie, and Mann, an ex-con, ex-actress, and lawyer turned sleuth, have already solved one murder together. United by their commitment to sarcasm and general disappointment with the human race, they now face a second crime that’s way too close to home. Alexa Rousso keeps having accidents, and no one but her thinks it’s a coincidence. Could her checkered past be coming back to get her? Mason and Mann’s investigation takes them to the Bay Area, to the Central Coast, and – of course – to the hippest spots in Los Angeles. Will the Berkeley boho vibe convert Mann from vintage couture? Will the wine snobs of Ojai drive Mason to drink (or to vinicide, which isn’t even a thing)? More importantly, will they solve the mystery before the murderer’s sights settle on the detectives themselves, or will this new challenge also be their last?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Waxman's witty sequel to One Death at a Time, Academy Award–winning actor Julia Mann has become a lawyer after serving time in prison for a murder she maintains she didn't commit, and impetuous Gen Z Angeleno Natasha Mason has become her full-time sidekick. At the outset, Mason's AA sponsor, Alexa, receives a series of anonymous, threatening letters. Then one of her sponsorees dies of a drug overdose, and a distraught Alexa seems in danger of relapsing after 25 years of hard-won sobriety. Mason's search for Alexa's blackmailer leads her to ask for Mann's help. They contact people from Alexa's checkered past and investigate the sponsoree's death for foul play. Meanwhile, Mann embarks on a new romance with a much younger man, and Mason deals with a family crisis: her father has had a mild heart attack and is being urged to retire from psychiatry and teaching at UC Berkeley, a fate he strongly resists. Waxman smoothly entwines her personal and professional story lines, deepening Mason and Mann's relationship without sacrificing momentum in the core investigation. Reliably clever dialogue is a bonus. With a sharper focus and bigger heart than its predecessor, this proves the series has legs.
