"Wonderful novellas featuring blonde mystery heroines."

Four of today's top mystery authors write wonderful spin- offs to their popular series featuring blonde heroines.

SLAY BELLES by Nancy Martin - Nora Blackbird witnesses an ugly argument in Haymaker's department store and the next day, Popo, Haymaker's eccentric personal shopper is found dead. With her sister, Libby, and her boyfriend, Michael, Nora sets out to solve the murder and inadvertently rescues an elderly blueblood from an undeserving grandchild. This fast-paced, witty story is laugh-out-loud funny and the criminals as kooky as bats. And the icing on the cake is watching Nora and Libby find their sweethearts.

KILLER BLONDE by Elaine Viets - As Margery and Helen sit by the pool one evening sipping drinks and puffing cigarettes, Margery tells Helen that she once knew a murderer; an uncaught killer. Pressed to continue the story, Margery lays out a twisted plot of blatant hostility, betrayal and revenge within the confines of an ordinary, everyday office. Does she have proof of the identity of the murderer? Not really, but a dime store coffee mug was all the proof Margery needed. I couldn't put this story down until I got to the last page and found out all the twists and turns.

DEAD BLONDES TELL NO TALES by Denise Swanson - Simon's mother, Bunny, has come home to Scumble River to live and now works for him at his bowling alley. On his doorstep arrives one of Bunny's eccentric friends from her days in Las Vegas, and following close behind is a goon on a mission of retrieval and murder. However, these wacky women are no match for this miscreant, and turn the trouble right around on him. The result is two very happy women after Skye Dennison gets involved.

BLIND SIGHTED by Victoria Laurie - Abby Cooper is making a decent living as a psychic when her sister, Cat, drags her to a psychic convention one weekend with the promise of beaches and sunshine. Abby is reluctant to go, but Cat insists there are mega bucks to be made in the industry and Abby should cash in. As soon as the convention begins, Abby realizes that psychic Deirdre Pendleton is nothing but a fraud. There's more going on with this psychic convention than meets the eye, and Abby's voices are telling her things she'd rather ignore. As theft, murder and mayhem break out at the hotel, Abby, Cat and a sweet elderly lady band together to solve the crime. This story is layered and hilarious, and you won't find out until the very end who done it.

Reviewed by Shayne Sawyer
Posted January 14, 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