Perfect Sax: A Madeline Bean Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003JBI2Q6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. She's followed, spied on, shot at and pursued by the good, the bad and the ugly, but comes through with a taste or two of justice, and perhaps a whole new lease on her muddled love life. Cheating hearts, insurance fraud, art theft and a second dead body have Madeline unsure whom to trust and certain that her own life is in danger. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly TV writer Farmer's seventh breezy culinary mystery (after 2003's Mumbo Gumbo) smoothly blends all the right ingredients - Beverly Hills money mania, tart humor, romance and, of course, murder. Later that night, one of the waitresses at the event turns up dead in Maddie's own bed - now how in the heck could that happen? Enter a flickering old flame and a brand new sparkler. Dexter Delano Wyatt, a trust-fund cutie, is hoping for more immediate fireworks. Farmer's menus and decorating descriptions, glimpses into the high-end Hollywood lifestyle and warmly conversational tone will delight fans
"Perfectly Delightful" according to Mark Baker - Carstairs Considers. Wes and Holly are celebrating the conclusion of another outstanding party. They're a little concerned since Madeline had left for home a little earlier then normal dog tired, but they think she'll be fine tomorrow. Then they hear the news bulletin. Someone has been murdered in Madeline's bed.Twelve hours earlier, Madeline and her employees and co-wo. Jerrilyn Farmer just keeps getting better and better! I have always loved Farmer's work, but with this one she has outdone herself. Madeline puts together a black and white ball for a music school, and one event leads to another until a corpse is found in Madeline's own house! Added to this is a flirtation with a handsome young playboy, even as Maddie tries to figure out how she feels about her old boy. oh. makes me HUNGRY! just me a caterer who solves murders. what could be more fun?? and jerrilyn packs a whole hoot into her novels -- cool characters, cool places, cool foodstuffs -- and it makes you want MORE.
Well he could arrive home to discover a dead body in her bedroom. All the rich and mighty of L.A. society′s fund-raising crowd seem to be seriously enjoying the festivities. Having to contend with a heap of celebrity trash, a ranting vocal coach, his rabid bitch of a girlfriend, and duelling preteen music prodigies is bad enough. In this mass market reprint of her second hardcover, Mad Bean is at it again as a search for the perfect sax becomes deadly. With the jazz cool, the sax "hot," and the martinis smoking, it may drive her quite dead.. And then there′s the red-haired stranger who seems to be stalking her. All in all, the lethal looniness surrounding the theft of a priceless instrument is threatening to drive Mad quite mad. Her ex-beau LAPD Detective Chuck Honnett could start making insistent "take me back" noises. Jerrilyn Farmer′s #1 LA Times bestselling Madeline Bean Culinary mysteries continue to prove to be scrumptiously hip, savoury, and irresistible. Of course, then everything goes straight to hell. The dazzling Jazz Ball for the prestigious Woodburn School of Music promises to be event planner Madeline Bean′s greatest triumph to date