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Love is in the air as freelance writer Jaine Austen begins a new job at the Dates of Joy matchmaking service . . .
When Jaine lands a job writing web copy and brochures for matchmaker Joy Amoroso, she's excited for a chance to help the lovelorn—until she realizes Joy is a ruthless taskmaster who screams at her employees for the smallest infractions, pads her website with pictures of professional models posing as clients, and offers up convincing but empty promises of love. So it's no surprise when the chiseling cupid turns up dead at a Valentine's Day mixer. Now, finding the culprit may prove harder than spotting that elusive caramel praline in a box of chocolates . . .
Praise for the Jaine Austen mysteries
"I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny." —Joanne Fluke, New York Times bestselling author
"Laura Levine's hilarious debut mystery, This Pen for Hire, is a laugh a page (or two or three) as well as a crafty puzzle. Sleuth Jaine Austen's amused take on life, love, sex and LA will delight readers. Sheer fun!" —Carolyn Hart, New York Times bestselling author
"Jaine can really dish it out." —The New York Times Book Review
"Fun. Jaine's dogged sleuthing and screwball antics will entertain fans of this fizzy series." —Publishers Weekly
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Release date
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- ISBN: 9781617738647
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- ISBN: 9781617738647
- File size: 303 KB
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- English
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November 25, 2013
In Levine’s so-so 12th Jaine Austen mystery (after 2012’s Death of a Neighborhood Witch), the freelance writer and self-described “semiprofessional private eye” encounters homicide at a Beverly Hills dating service. Jaine leaps at the chance to work at the dating agency when its owner, Joy Amoroso, offers her a job writing sales brochure copy. With Valentine’s Day approaching, Jaine thinks she’ll have a chance to do some good, not to mention possibly find a romance of her own, only to discover that her boss is a ruthless taskmaster. When the inaptly named Joy is found murdered, Jaine goes to work clearing herself from suspicion and winnowing the lengthy list of suspects. Though Levine offers a well-crafted plot, broad comedy overwhelms the crime-solving, resulting in a book like the Double-Stuf Oreos Jaine is fond of—just a little too much. Agent: Evan Marshall, Evan Marshall Agency.
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