Review of Styled for Murder by Nancy J. Cohen

From the publisher of Styled for Murder

When hairstylist and savvy sleuth, Marla Vail, gets a frantic call from her mother that there’s a dead body in her shower, Marla realizes this wasn’t part of the home renovation plans. The victim turns out to be the project manager, who had an untrustworthy reputation in town. Disgruntled customers, unpaid suppliers, and the design company’s staff are among the suspects. Which one of them wanted the foreman to pipe down about their shady dealings?

Meanwhile, the lead investigator sets his sights on Marla’s stepfather, Reed, who’s keeping secrets from his family. Reed has a past connection to the victim and won’t come clean about what he knows. As Marla drills deeper, she’s showered with suspicions, but nobody’s willing to leak any information. She needs to hammer down the prospects, or time will drain away and the murderer will strike again.

To flush out the culprit, Marla taps into her pipeline of resources. Can she assemble the clues and demolish the alibis to nail a killer? Or has someone designed the perfect murder?

My review

Everyone’s favorite sleuthing hair stylist is back on the case in Styled for Murder. Fans of the series will love how Marla once again dives in to show the police how to solve a murder. She’s got plenty of suspects this time, too. Is the killer the owner of a seemingly unscrupulous home renovation business, one of their disgruntled subcontractors, or even her new father-in-law?

An entertaining read with enough clues and red herrings to keep mystery fans happily flipping pages.
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