Author: Laura Levine
Year: 2012
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Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Fiction
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9780758238498
9780758238504
0758238495
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When her faithful feline Prozac unwittingly scares to death a parakeet belonging to the neighborhood's resident curmudgeon, Jaine finds herself knee-deep in toil and trouble. The cantankerous Hollywood has-been once played the part of Cryptessa Muldoon, television's fourth most famous monster mom. Now a bitter, paranoid old dame, Cryptessa spends her days making enemies with everyone on the street, and accidental bird killer Jaine is no exception. So when the ornery D-lister is murdered with her own Do Not Tresspass sign on Halloween night, the neighborhood fills with relief--and possible culprits.
With a killer on the loose, Jaine hardly has time to fall under the spell of her yummy new neighbor, Peter. As the prime suspect, she summons her sleuthing skills to clear her name and soon discovers that everyone has a few skeletons in their closets--and movtives for murder are endless. Could it have been Cryptessa's next door neighbors, the barracuda husband and wife realtors whose landscaping Cryptessa bulldozed? Or the seemingly sweet old lady whose beloved dog was the object of Cryptessa's wrath? Or perhaps the crotchety actress was done in by her own nephew in a desperate attempt to get his hands on her money?
As the masks come off, Jaine's search for sweet justice turns up more questions than answers. And just when she thought nothing could be scarier than her run-in with a tortuous Tummy Tamer, she closes in on the killer and learns the true meaning of grave danger...
This book is part of the "A Jaine Austen Mystery" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Secret Santa"
First published in 2013
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 | "Killing Cupid"
First published in 2013
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 | "The PMS Murder"
First published in 2006
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| "Shoes to Die For"
First published in 2005
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| "Killer Blonde"
First published in 2004
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 | "Last Writes"
First published in 2003
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 | "This Pen for Hire"
First published in 2002
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 | "Killer Cruise"
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