Tattoo used to be connected with sailors, bikers and
hardcore rockers, but nowadays, with the tattoo shows on
television, and shops springing up all over the place the
stigma of being tattooed has lifted, and moms, dads, even
grandmas have a little ink somewhere! (I've got eight
myself!)
Karen E. Olson's series, the Tattoo Shop Mysteries, gives
readers an inside look into the world of tattooing and the
fast-paced world of Las Vegas.
Olson's latest book, PRETTY IN INK finds Brett Kavanaugh
and the staff of her tattoo shop, The Painted Lady, knee-
deep in mayhem, murder, and dramatic drag queens.
Brett's high end shop is located among the shops at The
Venetian hotel, where she and her crew create some of the
most unique tattoo designs around. Their work was highly
sought after, and Brett's latest project had been tattooing
a bevy of drag queens for their new show, Nylons and
Tattoos. So naturally Brett and company are invited for the
show's premiere.
When one of the performers, "Britney Brassieres" aka Trevor
McKay, is attacked mid-show by a stranger shooting a
champagne cork into his chest, the club erupts into a mass
of chaos and only Brett notices the hooded attacker has
some unusual ink on his arm -- the queen of hearts.
After Trevor mysteriously dies, it turns out that small
tattoo, and the shiny jeweled brooch that was its
inspiration, would be a clue in a complicated terrorist
plot that would have the drag queens of Las Vegas terrified
for their lives, and the entire city under the threat of a
chemical attack. It becomes personal for Brett when her new
apprentice Charlotte disappears, and evidence starts
pointing towards her involvement in a plot that was way
over her head.
With the reluctant help of her twin brother, police
detective Tim Kavanaugh, her motley shop crew, and rival
tattooist/love interest Jeff Coleman, Brett pieces the
puzzle of the queen of hearts tattoo together, but will it
be in time to stop a deadly ricin attack on Sin City?
Once again, Karen E. Olson has created a thrilling,
suspense-filled story that literally keeps you turning the
pages as fast as you can to keep up with the action.
PRETTY
IN INK is a great follow-up to THE MISSING INK, but also
stands on its own as a superb mystery. Even if you aren't a
fan of inked body art, this tale will satisfy any fan of
intrigue and intricate mystery plots.
Brett
Kavanaugh is a tattoo artist and owner of Vegas's hottest
tattoo shop, The Painted Lady. And in her spare time, she
does some sleuthing. After Brett and company ink Sin City's
newest drag queens, they're invited to opening night at the
strip's glamorous Nylon and Tattoos show-which ends in
disaster when a stranger with a Queen of Hearts tattoo
fatally injures Britney Brassieres with a champagne cork.
And when another drag queen is found poisoned, it looks like
someone's targeting Vegas's fabulous femmes...
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy