Nancy J. Cohen, Perish by Pedicure

Perish by Pedicure

Nancy J. Cohen

Kensington, December 2006, $22.00

ISBN: 0758212240

Hair salon owner and stylist Marla Shore is not having an easy week. Her fianc 's in-laws from his dead wife are coming to town to stay in her home to check her out and insure she is right for being the stepmother of their granddaughter Brianna. She is also working for Luxor Products as an assistant hair stylist at the Supreme Shows Conference. Marla hopes to gain experience, a better job, and an avenue to visit places she dreams of seeing.

When Marla arrives at the convention center, she meets Luxor director Christine Parker, but notices that all of the employees seem to openly despise the head honcho. When an anonymous person sends Christine a drink, she takes some and soon feels ill. The next day she is dead; a victim of poison. Marla turns sleuth, but fails to uncover the culprit before another homicide occurs.

Nancy J. Cohen has written a cleverly constructed and entertaining murder mystery starring a likable heroine who knows better, but cannot stop herself from sleuthing. In this case, the victim is so vile that a horde seems to have wanted her dead, making motivation difficult to use as a means of weeding out the killer. PERISH BY PEDICURE is filled with hair splitting humor, unexpected nail biting twists, and a bad hair week caused by future in-laws, while Marla cuts to the roots of the case.