Murder Can Crash Your Party
A Desiree Shapiro Mystery #15
Obsidian
Mystery
May 6, 2008
ISBN-13: 0451223845
Available in: Paperback
Full-figured Manhattan P.I. Desiree Shapiro doesn't like public speakingso she's surprised when her talk at a mystery writers' convention is a hit. But she receives an even bigger surprise when eccentric author Belle Simone approaches her with a truly bizarre proposition. If Desiree can solve the mystery in Belle's yet unpublished novel, she'll be paid $24,940! Desiree is engrossed by Belle's story of adultery and murder. But the real mystery is: why someone would pay her such an exorbitant sum to solve a homicide that exists only on paper?
Selma Eichler is a freelance writer who lives in New York with her husband, Lloyd.