Half-price Homicide: A Dead-end Job Mystery
- ISBN-10
- 1625673264
- ISBN-13
- 9781625673268
- Category
- Consignment sale shops
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Author
- Elaine Viets
Description
From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets--the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing. When Fort Lauderdale's wealthiest want to discreetly trade their best barely-worn threads for cash, they bring it to Snapdragon's Second Thoughts--which is where Helen Hawthorne finds herself selling the most chic second-hand clothing in Florida. But the usual haggling turns homicidal when a particularly petty customer turns up dead--dangling by a darling Gucci scarf--and Helen's boss Vera is eyed as a suspect. Helen knows Vera can drive a hard bargain but can't believe Vera would resort to murder. And while she would like to help, a sudden tragedy forces Helen to return to St. Louis--where she has the chance to face the past she's been running from. Now, if Helen doesn't quickly deal with her fugitive status--as well as her own fractious family--she won't make it back home in time to prevent the police from making a very unfashionable arrest...Praise for the Dead-End Job Mysteries by Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets "A stubborn and intelligent heroine, a wonderful South Florida setting, and a cast of more-or-less lethal bimbos...I loved this book."--Charlaine Harris "Brave Viets preps by actually working the jobs she describes in loving and hilarious detail, giving her offbeat series a healthy balance between the banal and the bizarre." --Kirkus Reviews "Laugh-out-loud comedy with enough twists and turns to make it to the top of the mystery bestseller charts." --Florida Today "Fans of Janet Evanovich and Parnell Hall will appreciate Viets's humor."--South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Wit, murder, and sunshine . . . it must be Florida. I love this new series."--Nancy Pickard "A heroine with a sense of humor and a gift for snappy dialogue."--Jane Heller
