Killer Blonde (Jaine Austen Mysteries) by Laura Levine
By Laura Levine
A gal with a major Ben & jerry's behavior and credit together with a tome entitled "I used to be Henry Kissinger's intercourse Slave" cannot have enough money to be too choosy approximately employment possibilities. So while Beverly Hills socialite Sue Ellen Kingsley deals Jaine megabucks to ghostwrite a booklet of hostess counsel, it is time to sharpen the #2s. So what if Jaine has to take dictation from a rail-thin girl of rest in a bubble tub? delight does not feed the cat and the doubtful facet advantage of this actual activity is an up-close, own view of the amorous exploits of Hollywood's ladies-who-lunch. the one brilliant spot is sixteen-year-old Heidi, a woman after Jaine's personal center. Shy, obese, and oppressed by means of her step-mother, Sue Ellen, Heidi might use a chum up to Jaine might use an best friend. yet every thing brief circuits whilst Jaine unearths Sue Ellen floating face down in her bathtub, fried by way of her personal blow dryer. Peroxided suspects abound, together with a really deepest masseuse, a jealous nurse, a former online game convey hostess...even a closet blonde with a shocking mystery. considered one of them is hiding a murderous center in the back of dear highlights, and laine's out to reveal the killer's darkish roots. simply because blondes have adequate enjoyable with out getting away with murder...
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True, he hardly got off the sofa, but he had a nice smile. Oh, well. I’m sure you know best, dear. As for the wedding, I simply don’t know how I’m going to face the relatives. With that toupee on your father’s head, we’ll be the laughing stock of the family. I don’t suppose you could possibly break away from your work and meet me there for moral support? Love, Mom PS. The strangest thing about the wedding invitation. It says, “Fred and Earlene Austen, and Charleton MacAfee, request the pleasure of your company at the wedding of their daughter Cindy…” Do you have any idea who Charleton MacAfee is?
And from the looks of the place, I was sure it wouldn’t. I headed up the front path, and rang the bell. Now I don’t know if they have a doorbell at Versailles, but if they do, I’ll bet it sounds just like the Kingsleys’. A series of mellifluous bongs resonated from inside the house. Seconds later the door was opened by a timid Hispanic maid holding a bottle of Windex. “Hi,” I smiled. “I’m Jaine Austen. I have an appointment with Mrs. ” “Sí,” she said, eyes lowered, clutching her Windex to her chest.
The phone rang, and I got it. “Three thousand dollars a week? ” It was Lance Venable, my next door neighbor. “I couldn’t help overhearing,” he said. And it’s true. The man has x-ray hearing. Really. Lance hears toilets flushing in West Covina. Which was pretty disconcerting when I first moved in to my apartment, but I’ve gotten used to it now. ” And I did. “Wow,” he said when I was through. “SueEllen Kingsley. I see her picture in the society pages all the time. What amazing tits. ” “Yep. ” he pouted.