Claire Malloy loves her life. But how did it go by so fast?
A bookstore owner, part-time sleuth, and full-time single
mother, Claire is about to turn the big four-oh! Good thing
her teenage daughter, Caron, has just been recruited by the
Kappa Theta Eta girls—whose sorority house is next door to
the Malloys’—to be a consultant for the cosmetics empire My
Beautiful Self, Inc. At the very least, Claire can get a
little help with those fine lines around her eyes…but at
what cost?
Turns out there’s a high price to pay to
look one’s best. After a series of dangerous and suspicious
incidents, including a hit-and-run “accident” that kills a
sorority sister, it becomes clear to Claire that the beauty
business in Farberville, Arkansas, is getting pretty
ugly—and with every new makeover another dark circle rises
from beneath the surface….