Murder is a Girl's Best Friend
Amanda Matetsky

Spunky 1950s writer Paige Turner gets embroiled in a tale straight out of Daring Detective magazine. A murdered woman. A stash of diamonds to die for. And a killer hot on her trail.

Paige Turner #2
Berkley Prime Crime
July 2004
Featuring: Paige Turner; Dan Street
320 pages
ISBN: 0425197166
EAN: 9780425197165
Paperback
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All Paige Turner wants for Christmas is to make it through the season alive. New York City in 1954 can be bad for a girl’s health—especially if she’s a staff writer for a pulp mystery magazine who can’t help getting a little too involved in her work. Not that she’s looking for trouble this time—Detective Dan Street has forbidden her from ever making like Sam Spade again.

But what’s a girl to do when her late husband’s army buddy turns up with a tale like something out of Daring Detective magazine? His sister murdered. A stash of diamonds to die for hidden in a box of oatmeal. The mystery is a Christmas present Paige can’t resist opening. But with the killer hot on her trail, Paige faces the chilling possibility that this Christmas might be her last....

"1950s New York City comes alive...This is great writing by a fresh talent."
-Nelson DeMille

"A wonderfully sassy character." -Sarah Strohmeyer