"fascinating amateur sleuth"
Tilda is a freelance entertainment reporter whose biggest
client is the magazine Entertain Me! She is called into a
conference when the stars of Cowtown, a 1950s cowboy TV
show talk to her about the western resort they want to
build in Massachusetts. Brothers Tucker and Hoyt Ambrose
and Cynthia Barth want Tilda to write an article about
their resort and find guest stars from their show to make
appearances at their resort. Tilda goes to interview 1950s pinup girl Sandra Sschrest
known as Sandy Sea Chest. Thanks to Tilda, Sandy has a
nice business selling memorabilia on the web from her
glory days. Shortly after the interview, Tilda returns to
Sandy's home to pick up the camera she left there, but
finds the woman dead with blood everywhere. The photos
she showed Tilda are missing but Tilda has gotten the
pictures for the Cowtown article on the net but someone
shoves her into the street and steals the copies she
made. When another person associated with Cowtown is
killed, Tilda knows the crimes are obviously related, and
Tilda intends to find out who the culprit is though
someone is watching her and will take care if her if she
gets too close to the truth Toni L.P. Kelner has written a fascinating amateur sleuth
tale that centers around the pinup girls of the 1950s.
People at that time assumed these scantily clad young
ladies were bad girls and decades later even with the
sexual revolution many refuse to place that vocation on
their résumé as they are ashamed. This feeling plays a
key role in the homicides as the intrepid reporter
diligently investigates the murders. Readers will root
for the admirable heroine and seek her previous Where Are
They Now investigation, Curse of the Kissing Cousins.
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 25, 2010
SummaryNew from the Agatha Award-winning author...
Entertainment reporter Tilda Harper has to pin down a pinup
queen's killer.
Freelance reporter Tilda Harper is working on two articles
simultaneously—one about a former pinup model and one
about an old Western show.
But when she discovers the pinup queen brutally murdered,
she finds that the two stories may have some disturbing
connections.
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