Freeze My Margarita - Softcover

Henderson, Lauren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009924442X ISBN 13: 9780099244424

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Sam Jones is back, and she's still wearing rubber. A chance meeting in a fetish club with an old friend from art school, now set-designing, garners her a commission to create a series of mobiles for his latest production. Sam can't resist most things, and certainly not a challenge. Before you can say THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE she plunges into the world of theatre. To her dismay she finds that the appaling Helen, girlfriend of Sam's best mate Janey, is a member of the cast; but there are many redeeming features, including an instant rapport with an enigmatic and acidly witty actor named Hugo, possessor of a Lord Peter Wimsey drawl, Hard Candy-varnished fingernails and a perfectly-formed bottom. Now if Sam could only be sure whether he was gay or not. . . This pressing question is only overshadowed by the discovery of a very dead body in the sump under the theatre. Sam by now is so accustomed to finding decomposing corpses that she's wondering whether she's the bastard lovechild of Scully and Mulder. As the mysterious deaths keep on coming and a practical joker starts to sabotage performances of the play, Sam barely has time to knock back a few frozen margaritas, sort out h

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Review:

"Lauren Henderson is a star whose words, wit, and style are razor sharp. The only thing she can't do is write these books fast enough to keep me happy." --- Linda Fairstein, author of "Cold Hit and "Likely to Die "Not read Lauren Henderson yet? High time you started! There is a real freshness, verve and astringency about her." --- Colin Dexter, author of "The Remorseful Day and "Death Is Not My Neighbor "Lauren Henderson is too funny, too smart, too cute, and writes mysteries that are too compelling and witty. I hate her! However, even I can't help loving her smart and tarty detective/artist Sam Jones, a true original. I'll follow Sam anywhere." --- Sparkle Hayter, author of "Nice Girls Finish Last and "The Last Manly Man

About the Author:

This is Lauren Henderson's seventh book featuring her anti-heroine, Sam Jones. The BBC have optioned the books for a series, and they have been translated into several languages. With Stella Duffy, Sparkle Hayter and Katy Munger, she runs a website, www.tartcity.com, devoted to Tart Noir, their brand of girls-behaving-badly crime novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 009924442X
• ISBN 13: 9780099244424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384