"Giggle, laugh and hold your sides when reading this one!"

Jaine Austin's best friend Lance talks her into to visiting his favorite boutique, Passions. Jaine's elastic waist pants and T-shirts are unheard of in this upscale boutique. Jaine is sure they don't have anything in her size and besides all the stuff she sees hanging on the racks is definitely not for Janie. She is helped by a cute little orange-haired clerk named Becky. An all she does is complain about her co-worker Giselle-a.k.a. "Frenchie".

Somehow Jaine ends up buying a $3000 Prada suit and wearing it the next day to an interview with the owner of Passions. When Jaine arrives she finds Frenchie dead, stabbed in the neck with one of her stilettos. There is no shortage of suspects. The police think Becky is the best bet as the killer and Becky hires Jaine to clear her name. Now all Janie has to do is figure out who hated Frenchie enough to kill her. Ms. Levine has another winner here. I love the emails from Jaine's parents. They add another dimension to the humor in the book.

Reviewed by Judith Saul
Posted January 16, 2006