Shoulder Bags and Shootings
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4.8 • 13 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Fashion can be fatal: “The action is smoother than the butter-soft leather of a Prada bag, and the gritty details of working retail are spot-on.”—Publishers Weekly
Life is almost perfect for fashionista and amateur sleuth Haley Randolph. She just vacationed in Europe with her boyfriend Ty Cameron, owner of Holt's Department Store. And now Ty's grandmother is letting Haley drive her Mercedes. If only Haley could get her hands on the new Sinful handbag. It's totally out of stock, and Haley would rather die than buy a knockoff. But when she finds the body of her designer purse party rival, Tiffany Markham, in the trunk of the Mercedes, she's not so sure she wants to trade places after all. . .
Topping the list of suspects, Haley doesn't deny seeing red when Tiffany stole her purse party idea--and made more money. But she wasn't jealous enough to commit murder. Now she'll have to solve this mystery quickly--and find that Sinful bag--before she becomes a killer's next fashion fatality. . .
"A clever, fast-moving plot." --Publishers Weekly
"For fans of lightweight, humorous mysteries." --Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A clever, fast-moving plot propels Howell s third mystery to feature L.A. fashionista Haley Randolph (after 2009 s Purses and Poison). Haley really hated Tiffany Markham, her archrival in the purse party business, but she didn t shoot Tiffany and stuff her body in the trunk of a Mercedes belonging to Ada Cameron, the grandmother of Haley s boyfriend and department store owner, Ty Cameron. Discovering who did is a challenge, ditto snaring this season s totally hot Sinful handbag. Can Haley do both and stay out of jail? While Haley s hyperventilating first-person voice can be too much at times ( I perked up in my seat, beyond excited, way past thrilled, bordering on crazed ), the action is smoother than the butter-soft leather of a Prada bag, and the gritty details of working retail are spot-on. Airhead Haley displays appealing grace under fire as she also deals with her stalking nemesis and former boss, lawyer Kirk Keegan.
