Book Review: Killer Blonde

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Killer Blonde     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Laura Levine
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Jaine Austen
Kensington, Hardback, 7/04, 240 pages, Cost $22.00

Jaine Austen is hired as a ghostwriter by SueEllen Kingsley. Jaine doesn’t really want to work for her, but she can’t turn down the three thousand dollars a week she is paying. Jaine befriends Heidi, SueEllen’s teenage step-daughter. Heidi tells her that she’ll probably quit within a week like everyone else as they can’t survive with SueEllen.

SueEllen does most of her work while soaking in the tub. Jaine finds sitting on the toilet a terrible place to work. Plus having to look at SueEllen’s perfect boobs, a present from her plastic surgeon husband, every day is difficult. Jaine stays for dinner one night and quickly finds that the women in the house don’t get but a miniscule helping. After Heidi’s birthday party where SueEllen is very mean to Heidi, Jaine decides to quit.

Unfortunately when Jaine arrives for work to tell SueEllen she quits, Jaine finds SueEllen has been electrocuted in the tub by her hairdryer. The police believe Heidi killed her. Jaine believes Heidi when she says she didn’t do it and that she saw a blonde in the hall not long before SueEllen was discovered.

Jaine sets out to try to find out who killed SueEllen to keep Heidi from going to jail. Since SueEllen was mean to everyone, there are plenty of suspects in Jaine’s mind. There are quite a few blondes as well. Plus Jaine discovers plenty of infidelity going on as well.

Books in this series are so much fun to read. Jaine is a fun character and has plenty of one-liners to keep you laughing. Jaine’s neighbor Lance is a great supporting character in the series. There’s always lots of laughs with the various guys Jaine dates as well.

There are plenty of clues but lots of suspects as well. I didn’t figure out who did it or why until it was revealed. I highly recommend this book.

Dawn Dowdle

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