Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
A Bad Hair Day
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Sophie Dunbar
Class/Genre: Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth
Series: Claire Claiborne # 2
Intrigue Press, Sep 1998, $5.95, 298 pp.
It has been two blissful months since New Orleans upscale attorney Dan Clairborne remarried his beloved Cajun wife, Claire, a renowned hairdresser at Eclaire's. Claire agrees to take part in her former teacher Marcel Barrineau's latest seminar, A BAD HAIR DAY. Individuals with major hair problems would visit Marcel's institute where experts would work on their hair for a nominal fee.
However, just prior to the opening of the institute, a rash of crime hits the beauty business when two salons are trashed and a stylist is killed. In spite of the tragedy, Marcel's debut is a smashing success as the media provides full coverage and there is a turn away clientele. However, misfortune strikes when a customer is murdered while getting a perm. Claire and company try to discover what has turned their industry into such an ugly business. However, the culprit will not allow anyone to interfere with his master plan even if he has to kill them to eliminate the threat.
Sophie Dunbar does not have a bad hair novel as she stylishly imbues humor within a crafty romantic mystery. Like the previous "Eclaire" novels, A BAD HAIR DAY consists of a terrific, rapidly moving plot and characters with appeal to romance and mystery buffs. This user friendly series is deservedly on the verge of exploding onto all the bestseller lists.
Harriet Klausner
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