Elaine Viets
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
Helen Hawthorne is still on the run because of her refusal to pay her worthless ex-husband alimony. But a girl's gotta eat…and pay rent, utilities, etc. So she's taken a cash-paying job at Fort Lauderdale's own Page Turners bookstore. And while the job is decent enough, the owner...
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
Still living under the radar in Fort Lauderdale due to her refusal to pay her ex-husband's spousal support, Helen Hawthorne's latest workaday job might just be the lowest rung on the employment ladder-telemarketing. She's spending her hours interrupting dinners and disturbing slumbers,...
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A secret shopper turns amateur sleuth when her best friend's husband is accused of murder in this mystery by the Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author.
Josie Marcus has an eye for the finer things in life. Unfortunately, her wallet can't keep up-as a single mom and mystery shopper, she won't be moving out of St. Louis's suburbs anytime soon. Good thing her best friend, Alyce Bohannon, doesn't mind sharing a taste of the high life in her posh...
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Mystery shopper Josie Marcus stumbles onto another murder when a sleazy shoe salesman is killed right after she gets him canned…
Josie finally has her life back on track. Not only is the single mom dating the best (and hottest) barista in the St. Louis suburb of Maplewood, but also her boss just assigned her a coveted gig-mystery shopping the Soft Shoe. The exclusive store is a shoe lover's dream, but its top seller, Mel Poulaine, is a waking nightmare....
5) Killer Cuts
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
Miguel Angel's chic salon is where Fort Lauderdale's high society hairdos get done. Even though Helen Hawthorne is just a gofer at the upscale salon, she has to admit the fabulous Miguel Angel is a master at the craft of coif.
But with great heads of hair come great headaches....
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BIMBOS, BUSTIERS, AND BOTOX! MURDER MOST FASHIONABLE…
Author Elaine Viets kicks off this funny and fresh cozy series-about a woman on the run from her ex-with a rollicking tale of crime and vanity in the shadow world of wannabe molls. When unlikely sleuth Helen Hawthorne flees St. Louis, she fetches up in Fort Lauderdale, suddenly surrounded by the beautiful and the Botoxed.
They all shop at the same place-Juliana's, the overpriced boutique where...
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
After all she's endured with her own marriage, divorce, and subsequent flight from alimony, Helen Hawthorne getting a job at Millicent's Bridal Salon is ironic in the extreme. But the pay is in cash and that's what matters for Helen to stay incognito.
But there's no amount of cash...
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Mystery shopper Josie Marcus is on the hunt for a killer when a pet store employee mysteriously dies after blowing the whistle on possible puppy mill connections…
Josie's latest assignment is one for the dogs-literally! Pets 4 Luv, a national pet store chain, has hired Josie to mystery shop its St. Louis suburban locations and she discovers possible puppy mill suppliers. When an employee tipster is killed in a suspicious hit-and-run, Josie's job...
9) Board Stiff
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
Helen Hawthorne and Phil-her husband and PI partner-are on the case when Jim Sandusky asks them to save his business. Because while "Sunny Jim's Stand-Up Paddleboard Rental" is garnering a lot of attention, it's not the kind the beachside business ever hoped to attract.
There's...
10) Rubout
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead-End Job mysteries-a gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may lead…especially if they lead to big trouble.
St. Louis City Gazette columnist Francesca Vierling has scored a ticket to the Leather and Lace Bikers' Society Ball, one of the highlights of the social calendar. The organizers of the ball would prefer the event be considered...
11) Doc in the Box
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Random House Publishing Group
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2010
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead-End Job mysteries-a gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may lead…especially if they lead to big trouble.
Columnist Francesca Vierling thought she had it tough dealing with the cutthroat office politics at the St. Louis City Gazette. But stressors in the newsroom reach new heights when her dear mentor Georgia is diagnosed with cancer...
12) Dying in Style
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Suburban single mom, Josie Marcus, loves being a secret shopper. But when she's framed for the murder of a famous handbag designer, Josie discovers that secret sleuth might be a better fit…
Josie's excited about her latest assignment: mystery shopping the stores of St. Louis's premier handbag designer, Danessa Celedine. A stunning socialite who frequently makes headlines with her hot Russian lover, Serge, Danessa sells exquisite purses to the rich...
13) Fixing to Die
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Mystery shopper Josie Marcus unlocks a DIY murder case when her new house's "good bones" takes on multiple meanings…
Josie's been busy with a personal shopping project-scouring suburban St. Louis for a starter home for her and her newlywed husband, Dr. Ted Scottsmeyer. So she's thrilled when Ted's veterinary partner, Dr. Christine Cormac, hooks them up with a beautiful house, which her flaky sister, Rain, inexplicably abandoned months earlier....
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead-End Job mysteries-a gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may lead…especially if they lead to big trouble.
Francesca Vierling is always on the lookout for new fodder for her human-interest column in the St. Louis City Gazette. So she couldn't be happier when a story unfolds in her own neighborhood. The grand-if slightly run-down-old...
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets-the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
When Fort Lauderdale's wealthiest want to discreetly trade their best barely-worn threads for cash, they bring it to Snapdragon's Second Thoughts-which is where Helen Hawthorne finds herself selling the most chic second-hand clothing in Florida.
But the usual haggling turns homicidal...
16) Backstab
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Dead End Job mysteries-the first novel in a gritty series featuring a no-nonsense female journalist who follows her stories wherever they may lead…especially if they lead to big trouble.
As a columnist for the St. Louis City Gazette, Francesca Vierling is a six-foot-tall beauty with brains and a talent for finding unusual and interesting subjects. The colorful people of her city provide her with...
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'Tis the season for sleuthing when secret shopper Josie Marcus's ex falls victim to a festive fiend…
Josie's latest mystery shopper report won't help business at Naughty or Nice, Maplewood's raunchy year-round Christmas store. But she can't worry about work when her ex-dealer, ex-convict, ex-boyfriend, Nate Weekler, just came home for the holidays, prepared to fight Josie for custody of their daughter. Josie wishes he'd catch the next sleigh out...
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Before mystery shopper Josie Marcus can say "I do" she must solve a matrimonial murder to keep her in-law from becoming an inmate...
As a bride-to-be, Josie's latest assignment is a gift-mystery shopping flower and cake vendors for a popular St. Louis wedding website. She even meets another bride, Molly Deaver, at the local florist. Turns out, Josie and Molly have a lot in common, including the groom! Molly has been stalking Dr. Ted for months, but...
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St. Louis mystery shopper Josie Marcus discovers the world of luxury lingerie has more than one secret after her high school teacher is accused of suffocating a former classmate...
When Desiree Lingerie hires Josie, she's delighted to find her high school teacher, Mrs. Hayes, is now a manager at the chain. Less thrilling is the mini-reunion with her mean girl nemesis, Frankie Martin. But after Frankie is killed just steps from the shop-and her beloved...
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Mystery shopper Josie Marcus catches a new case when the owner of a popular doggy day spa bites the dust and her mother's friend is collared for the crime…
Josie's been assigned to sniff around Uncle Bob's Doggy Day Camp, one of St. Louis's hottest pet spas. It doesn't take her long to dig up dirt on the camp's top dog, "Uncle" Bob Manning himself. Employee Frank Hyzy-Josie's mom's new boyfriend-reveals Bob should be in the doghouse for his cruel...