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Pocket Star, January 2010
Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1439158681
ISBN-13: 9781439158685
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There’s no one better equipped than the tart-tongued Maxine Taylor to hold court on the star-studded red carpet. But when Halsey Hamilton—young, fabulous, and fresh out of rehab—stumbles up to the mic, slurs a few cryptic words, and drops dead at the hem of Max’s stunning Michael Kors gown, Max must embark on an undercover twelve-step investigation and find Halsey’s killer in this smart, bracingly funny, and Über-stylish mystery.
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1. Comedienne Joan Rivers: Off The Shelf12:4941899428001
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"My friend Joan Rivers has 'murdered' more people at the Academy Awards¨ than anyone else -- and made us all laugh in the process. Now she's written a murder mystery and it's her best show yet."
-- Regis Philbin
"Joan Rivers has always made me laugh, and she's done it again -- this time as a writer! Murder at the Academy Awards¨ is very funny and very smart, with a clever plotline that probes deep under Hollywood's famous red carpet. It's suspenseful, provocative, and filled with Joan's inimitable voice and humor."
-- Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of A Woman of Substance and Being Elizabeth
"Can we talk...murder? Only the outrageous Ms. Rivers could bring blood to the Red Carpet in such high style while giving us the lowdown on Hollywood!"
-- Jane Dentinger, Editor in Chief, Mystery Guild
"Fun...juicy...[with] a biting, breezy style not unlike Rivers herself."
-- Chicago Sun-Times
"Miss Marple in Manolos, Bond with a boob job.... The fun is in detecting where the fictional Maxine stops and Rivers begins."
-- New York Daily News
Newsday, February 22, 2009
...MURDER AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, by Joan Rivers with Jerrilyn Farmer. Pocket Books, 311 pp., $24. Imagine Miss Marple in Manolos. A Michael Kors gown. Some Botox. OK, a lot of Botox. With a plastic surgeon - ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 14, 2009
...Jerrilyn Farmer makes the amateur sleuth genre work. Although light in approach, Farmer has made sure that her novels have precise plotting, appealing, realistic characters, crisp dialogue and a wry sense ...
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