Allison Campbell is an image consultant for the Philadelphia
elite. When her newest client, fifteen year old Maggie
McBride, is accused of a the ritualistic slaying of a
wealthy divorce attorney, Allison is the only one who can
see past the troubled teen's goth get-up to the innocent,
scared girl beneath. To prove the girl's innocence, Allison
must use every single skill she's developed to look beyond
the surface to find out who is really behind this murder and
why they would frame a young girl.
KILLER IMAGE by Wendy Tyson is the first book in the
Allison
Campbell Mystery series and I can't wait to see how this
cozy mystery will develop. My first impression based upon
the cover and the blurb was that KILLER IMAGE was going to
be a slightly kooky mystery where appearances are deceiving
and no one is who they claim to be. Allison is an image
consultant after all. Warning: This isn't a humorous story.
That's not a bad thing. I loved the darker threads and the
depth of each character. I just had different expectations
based upon the cover image.
There is definitely a strong theme of who people really are
and how they want people to see them. Allison embodies this
well. She projects this competent, put-together professional
look, and she is that, but it's the contradictions to that
surface image that make her a wonderfully complex and rich
character. It's her job to look past the surface of her
clients and help them project their best qualities to the
world and yet, she can't do this for herself. Wendy Tyson
has created a dynamic character and world that will be a joy
to read as the series progresses.
KILLER IMAGE by Wendy Tyson is a great cozy mystery, filled
with hidden desires and carefully cultivated images.
Allison's job as an image consultant gives her a unique
position 's Allison's own struggle to not only look like the
person she wants the world to see, intelligent,
compassionate and unafraid, but to actually be that person
that makes KILLER IMAGE the first book in a new series worth
reading.
Philadelphia image consultant Allison Campbell is not your
typical detective. She's more familiar with the rules of
etiquette than the rules of evidence, prefers three-inch
Manolos to comfy flats and relates to Dear Abby, not Judge
Judy. When Allison's latest Main Line client, the
fifteen-year-old Goth daughter of a White House hopeful, is
accused of the ritualistic murder of a local divorce
attorney, Allison fights to prove her client's innocence
when no one else will. But in a place where image is
everything, the ability to distinguish the truth from the
facade may be the only thing that keeps Allison alive. Part
of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like
one, you'll probably like them all! KILLER IMAGE is the
first in the Allison Campbell mystery series.
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