As a freelance writer, Jaine Austen's stalled career needs
a boost -- big time! She's ecstatic when her friend and next
door neighbor, Lance, provides her the opportunity to
present a new advertising campaign to Marvin Cooper, The
Mattress King. Lance is a personal friend of Marv's young,
silicone-enhanced trophy wife, Bunny, who turns out to be
the one ruling the kingdom...with a nasty attitude.
This becomes very apparent during a party at the Cooper
mansion when Bunny browbeats everyone in attendance. Is it
any wonder someone put poison in her martini? When Lance
becomes the main suspect, the only thing left for Jaine to
do is prove his innocence by finding out the identity of
the real killer.
Of course, whenever Jaine is involved, you can count on
lots of high jinks and hilarious mayhem before the final
resolution. Get ready for a delightfully fun and quick read
in DEATH OF A TROPHY WIFE.
Without a job or a date in sight, Jaine is equally out
of luck in finance and romance. So when her friend Lance
offers to treat her to brunch at the Four Seasons, Jaine
leaps at the chance like a fashionista at a pair of
half-price Louboutins. They’ve barely made it through the
menu when Lance spots his friend Bunny. Dressed like a
million bucks—and probably worth twice that—Bunny is the new
trophy wife of mattress maven Marvin Cooper.
When Bunny generously offers Jaine a gig writing Marv’s
new advertising campaign, Jaine accepts the job, and an
invitation to her upcoming soirée. But at the party Bunny
cruelly rules the Cooper mansion with a fist full of
martinis, abusing terrified staff and her browbeaten husband
alike. It seems like this society girl could use a good kick
in the assets. Indeed, before the evening is over, someone
poisons the D-cup diva. Dead must be the new black.
The police arrest Lance, but Jaine knows his murderous
urges end at her closet door. She sets out to clear his name
and discovers a list of suspects longer than Bunny’s credit
card bill. Did Mattress Marv get tired of his little bunny
hopping into another man’s bed, or did a jealous boy-toy fix
her a fatal cocktail? Marv’s ex-wife Ellen has plenty of
motives for murder, as does Bunny’s harassed maid Lupe. Or
was it Bunny’s seething stepdaughter who sent her to that
Great Shopping Mall in the Sky?
Jaine is running out of time. Jobless, Lance is losing
his mind and taking it out on Jaine’s apartment, wardrobe,
and indignant cat Prozac. And before Jaine can say 9021Oh-no
someone else is murdered. Between a house guest that won’t
leave, a suitor-turned-stalker, and killer on the loose,
Jaine’s jackpot may turn out to be fool’s gold.
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