Death of a Trophy Wife
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- ISBN13: 9780758238450
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Freelance writer Jaine Austen is moving on up! A cushy new publicity gig promises champagne wishes and caviar dreams, but Jaine soon discovers she’s not the only one in town who’s building a killing…Lacking a job or a date in sight, Jaine is equally out of luck in finance and romance. So when her friend Lance offers to treat her to brunch at the Four Seasons, Jaine leaps at the chance like a fashionista at a pair of half-fee Louboutins. They’ve barely made it through the menu when Lance spots his friend Bunny. Dressed like a million bucks – and probably worth twice that – Bunny is the new trophy wife of mattress maven Marvin Cooper. When Bunny generously offers Jaine a gig writing Marv’s new publicity battle, Jaine accepts the job, and an invitation to her upcoming soiree. But at the party Bunny cruelly rules the Cooper mansion with a fist full of martinis, abusing terrified staff and her browbeaten spouse alike. It seems like this society girl could use a excellent kick in the assets. Indeed, before the evening is over, a name poisons the D-cup diva. Dead must be the new black. The police arrest Lance, but Jaine knows his murderous urges end at her closet door. She sets out to clear his name and discovers a list of suspects longer than Bunny’s credit card bill. Did Mattress Marv get tired of his small bunny hopping into another man’s bed, or did a jealous boy-toy fix her a fatal cocktail? Marv’s ex-wife Ellen has plenty of motives for murder, as does Bunny’s harassed maid Lupe. Or was it Bunny’s seething stepdaughter who sent her to that Fantastic Shopping Mall in the Sky? Jaine is running out of time. Jobless, Lance is losing his mind and taking it out on Jaine’s apartment, wardrobe, and indignant cat Prozac. And before Jaine can say 9021Oh-no a name else is murdered. Between a house guest that won’t place, a suitor-turned-stalker, and killer on the loose, Jaine’s jackpot may turn out to be fool’s gold.
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This book was just dumb. I skipped over all the parts where her parents emails are printed. why were they even included. I wanted to like the main charachter but establish her obsession with junk food off putting. It was so unbelievable to place her at the head of a murder investigation with everyone talking to her as if she was the police. and what is with the russion mafia? how did this get published?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The heroine of this novel spends so much time obsessing over disgusting food (quick food, cookies, donuts) that one hardly gets the sense she is trying to solve a mystery at all. I finished the book but I had lost interest far before the end. Most scenes in the book gyrate around her selecting food and most of the food is pretty yucky to me as I am not that into quick food. If you cut out all the food stuff this would barely be a fleeting tale. It’s as though the leader couldn’t place together enough plot to sustain the book and filled in with countless descriptions of food ordering and consuming.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Normally I don’t read these types of books, but I gave it a try and after I zipped through the pages I just couldn’t help but like the odd part-time unlicensed snoop, Jaine Austen, and not to mention her sarcastic cat, Prozac.
Jaine has the trend to live dangerously – that’s of course when she’s not veggin’ out in her jammies or writing toilet bowl ads – and she gets a break from her mundane life by poking her nose into a humorous “who dunnit” case, in which she must help solve in order to get her best-friend, Lance, off the suspect list.
As the plot progressed through a copious twists and turns, none of which I establish dull, I couldn’t help but feel involved in the tale. I laughed, cringed and sympathised with Jaine, but mostly I yelled at Vladimir with her – Vladimir is a persistent suitor who really just won’t take no for an answer. I could also tell in how she has to place up with her crazy, but harmless parents, who are so full of colour and life, both of which bring a small added flavor to the mix.
Jaine is such a likable character that I’m sure many readers out there would no doubt want her as a bestfriend, or at least an eating buddy, as her taste in quick food gave me cravings you cannot imagine. This is certainly a book that will make you smile and forget your worries, and will also make for a quick read as you won’t want to place it down.
My advice; delight in it as Jaine would with a healthy serving of Ben and Jerry’s!
The Kindle version was perfectly edited and even had persons chapter marker dots on the location bar – I judge all Kindle books should have them – fantastic for when you say to yourself “I’ll read to the end of the chapter then go to sleep”.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I read this book a couple of weeks ago and, like another reviewer, establish it forgettable. Not horrible, simply not memorable.
The leader does have some humorous lines, but they become trite when used over and over. The cat is permanently fed with a type of food coupled with a synonym for “guts”, the central character’s like affair with food quickly becomes dull and she is scatterbrained to the point of incompetence. A few frailties are charming. A few brains would have made a more appealing character.
My overall impression is of a half-hour TV show, not a well-crafted book. The ending with the killer revealing everything in the “climatic scene” is particularly suggestive of a B grade TV mystery.
This is the only Laura Levine book I have read. It seems she has talent, this book may not be her best work.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
was ok, there was humor written in with the tale so I guess maybe it didn’t seem so serious !!! murders and humor? hmmm….
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5