Killer Cuts (A Dead-end Job Mystery) - Hardcover

Viets, Elaine

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9780451226860: Killer Cuts (A Dead-end Job Mystery)

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ISBN 10: 0451226860 ISBN 13: 9780451226860

Publisher: New Amer Library, 2009

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Living life on the lam - and working wherever she can find a paycheck - Helen Hawthorne has a knack for keeping a low profile. Currently she's mixing pay cuts with haircuts, working as a gofer for a famous manager of a chic salon, who's a passionate believer in do or die.
Helen's latest gig is working in Miguel Angel's Fort Lauderdale hair salon, where a trim can cost as much as a car payment and a blowout can wipe you out. But when one of the salon's most famous clients, gossip blogger and cable TV show host Kingman "King" Oden, is murdered at his own wedding, things get a little hairy.
The salon gets tangled up in all kinds of negative publicity when Miguel is named a prime suspect, but he lies low by dressing in drag. Meanwhile, Helen is determined to find the murderer, who also favors spiked heels. When she starts getting threatening notes, it seems more imperative than ever that she figure out who at the wedding was dressed to kill.

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About the Author:

Elaine Viets has actually worked those dead-end jobs in her mystery novels, just like her character, Helen Hawthorne. Over the years, Elaine has been a dress store clerk, phone book proofreader, babysitter, telemarketer, bookseller, and weed puller at fifty cents a bucket. She is also the author of the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series and numerous short stories. Elaine has won an Anthony Award and an Agatha Award. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with her husband, author and actor Don Crinklaw. Please visit her blog: The Lipstick Chronicles.

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