There’s nothing pretty about murder.Meet Toni Diamond, make up artist to middle America. She’s got a nose for trouble and a passion for solving mysteries. Imagine Columbo in a lavender suit. She never met a woman who wouldn’t look better with a little help from the Lady Bianca line of cosmetics. But don’t be fooled by appearances. Underneath the fake diamonds and the big hair is a sharp brain and … brain and a keen eye that sees the details as well as the funny side of life. When a Lady Bianca sales rep is murdered at the annual convention in Dallas, Toni is the one who notices things that some people, like sexy Detective Luke Marciano, might easily miss. Only someone who understands as much about how to make appearances deceiving could see into the mind of this killer — a murderer who wants to give Toni a permanent makeover. Into a dead woman.
At the sales convention, Toni has to deal with her arch rival Nicole Freedman, a woman who would stab Toni in the back if it would get her the coveted top sales award. She’s got her own beauty consultants to encourage, her mother who’s taken Dolly Parton as her pattern and her patron saint, her daughter Tiffany, who, at sixteen, is mortified by everything her mother does. Including breathing.
In this humorous, cozy mystery, complete with a wily and entertaining amateur female sleuth, a sexy police officer, a murder or two, a little comedy and some racy scenes, a suburban cosmetics sales woman matches wits with a fiendish murderer.
New York Times Bestselling author Lori Foster calls Nancy Warren’s writing ‘sexy and wonderfully witty.’
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It was a little funny but too silly.
Light read, mystery, romance
Easy read,,I liked it
I liked an MLM makeup salesperson with brains offering beauty tips while solving several murders during a convention. Great fun and I look forward to reading more.
good read
I approached this with some trepidation, but ended up enjoying it very much. The protagonist, a double-wide-dwelling big-haired high-glamor cosmetic saleswoman from Texas wouldn’t, at first glance, seem like someone I could identify with, but I came to cherish her.
This book has all the best cozy features — humor, a bit of romance, colorful …
A fun light read.
Easy to read page turner very entertaining characters
fun, quick read. I was very entertained during this cozy mystery.
This is the 1st in the series. I found it quite different. It was strong into the world of make-up pyramids, make-overs, “inspirational” v obsessive sales tools — done in a fun way. I like reading this book.
I would Recommend reading this book. But I think I got what most I could get. Others may be different – but I do not have a desire to …
Quick read with great comedic moments as she solved the murders with a romantic twist.
Story based on Mary Kay business model. Entertain9ng array of types of women who are involved in home party sales.
Very funny and fun to read. It had twists in the plot that keeps you guess. Good Cozy Mystery.
Enjoyed it so ready to read more of the series
Light reading and and entertaining
Fun, simple read
This was a fun read with a little I sight of the beauty world convention. Women can look good and be smart.
This was a cute, fast-moving light read. I liked it so much, I bought the next one in the series!
I liked this easy to read entertaining book. I noticed that another review complained about a sex scene. There was only one and it wasn’t unnecessarily drawn out. There wasn’t a bunch of sickening gooey romance. Overall I thought this author handled the romance or lack thereof actually, pretty well. You would have to be a complete PRUDE to be …
DID NOT LIKE THE UNNECESSARY SEX IT RUINED THE WHOLE BOOK FOR ME, WONT READ ANYMORE OF THE AUTHORS BOOKS