"This anthology involving blond females is a charmer!"

Stay Belle by Nancy Martin. After her parents moved out of the country but not before wasting the family fortune, Nora Blackbird goes to work as a society reporter. She gets locked in a department store bathroom, but once she escapes, she finds a murdered person. The police make an arrest but Nora thinks they have the wrong person and almost loses her life snooping. This upbeat and funny mystery will have readers wanting more Blackbird sisters' tales.

Killer Blonde by Elaine Viets. Helen moved to Florida and takes dead end jobs so she won't have to pay her cheating ex-husband alimony. Her landlady Margery tells Helen about a job she had where a smart blonde made the workplace unpleasant. She picked on the shy Minnie until the victim gained the self-confidence to get rid of her boss permanently. Elaine Viets story proves that blondes have more fun especially when riled.

Dead Blondes Tell No Tales by Denise Swanson. School psychologist Skye Denison is helping out at the bowling alley owned by the mother of her boyfriend in order to keep Bunny out of trouble. When Ruby comes to town, it becomes obvious that somebody s after something she has and when she disappears, everyone fears the worst. This small town amateur sleuth tale is an engrossing who-done- it filled with eccentric characters in amusing situations.

Blind Sighted by Victoria Laurie. A vacation turns into work when a guest is murdered at the hotel where Psychic Abby Cooper is staying. Using her powers of clairvoyance and precognition, Abby identifies the killers who don't take kindly to someone missing up their plans. Victoria Laurie will make believers out of the most skeptic people who don't believe in ESP.

This anthology involving blond females is a charmer!

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 31, 2005

Do blondes have more fun? Four beloved authors with all new fair-haired mysteries to dye for do. They're blondes with style, money, and men falling at their feet. But now these perfect women are perfect victims. In Drop-Dead Blonde, four of today's top mystery authors-Nancy Martin, Denise Swanson, Elaine Viets, and Victoria Laurie- spin four all-new tales of fair-haired sirens, secrets, and seduction.

Summary

Only the coroner knows for sure... They're beautiful blondes with style, money, and men falling at their feet. But now these perfect women are becoming perfect victims. In Drop Dead Blonde, four of today's top mystery authors spin all-new tales of fair- haired sirens, secrets, and seduction. Blondes usually have more fun, but not at the hands of these mistresses of mystery... The Blackbird Sisters untangle a personal vendetta against a personal shopper in a new story by Nancy Martin Skye Denison gets involved in a Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest and a mysterious disappearance in a new Scumble River story from Denise Swanson Helen Hawthorne learns the truth about a battle of the blondes in a new Dead End Job story from Elaine Viets Professional psychic Abby Cooper attends a Psychic Convention and gets inside the mind of a murderer in a new story from Victoria Laurie