3.5
High Heels Are Murder
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Secret shopper Josie Marcus checks out an exclusive shop where the shoes are to die for in this cozy mystery by the Anthony and Agatha award–winning author.
Josie’s boss just assigned her a coveted gig—mystery shopping at Soft Shoe, one of the hottest boutiques in St. Louis. But trying on their exclusive designer footwear isn’t the treat Josie expected thanks to Mel Poulaine, Soft Shoe’s top seller. His hands-on fascination with feet goes far beyond professional interest. Josie’s scathing report kills Mel’s career . . . and later that night, someone kills Mel.
Josie is determined to stay out of it. But when her neighbor’s daughter, Cheryl Malmy, becomes a suspect, Josie decides to investigate. It turns out “Perfect Cheryl” has more than a few dirty secrets in her closet, drawing Josie deeper into the seedy suburban underbelly. But can she trip up a killer who always seems to be one step ahead?
Josie’s boss just assigned her a coveted gig—mystery shopping at Soft Shoe, one of the hottest boutiques in St. Louis. But trying on their exclusive designer footwear isn’t the treat Josie expected thanks to Mel Poulaine, Soft Shoe’s top seller. His hands-on fascination with feet goes far beyond professional interest. Josie’s scathing report kills Mel’s career . . . and later that night, someone kills Mel.
Josie is determined to stay out of it. But when her neighbor’s daughter, Cheryl Malmy, becomes a suspect, Josie decides to investigate. It turns out “Perfect Cheryl” has more than a few dirty secrets in her closet, drawing Josie deeper into the seedy suburban underbelly. But can she trip up a killer who always seems to be one step ahead?
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“Not bad. Decent plot. But flimsy but good enough beach read.”
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“This was a lot of fun!! I like this author’s humour and these books may not look like it at first, but they are quite witty. And while sometimes I feel a bit too sad for the main characters being always so out of luck and for their sad surroundings with horrible people, I didn’t feel that too much this time.
Josie and Alyce run around talking to many people, making mistakes and break-throughs, so you never end up being bored. The fact that they are bringing to light so much bad stuff about the mean neighbours is so satisfying!
It’s also nice how Josie’s life is present in the story, but never too overwhelming. Amelia appears a bit, but not too much. Jane is quite important here as she is the one pushing Josie to investigate. I really don’t like her much, she put all her failed dreams on her daughter and then blamed her for not living up to that. Well, sorry if you are a screw-up, but that’s so your fault and not Josie’s! I can’t imagine how horrible it would be to have her as a mother.
The romance was also so
The St. Louis described here is such a terrible place! Foot fetishes, rich horrible people cheating, lies, everyone unhappy with their lives, vices. And that honestly is a bit depressing but makes for a fun backdrop, as every person Josie meets has some secret to uncover. And the mystery is not so easy to solve, I had some ideas but it was hard to tell, so I was pleasantly surprised when it all came down.”
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About Elaine Viets
Elaine Viets has written 34 mysteries in four series: the bestselling Dead-End Job series with South Florida PI Helen Hawthorne, the cozy Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper mysteries, and the dark Francesca Vierling mysteries. With the Angela Richman Death Investigator series, Elaine returns to her hardboiled roots and uses her experience as a stroke survivor and her studies at the Medicolegal Death Investigators Training Course. Elaine was a director at large for the Mystery Writers of America. She's a frequent contributor to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and anthologies edited by Charlaine Harris and Lawrence Block. Elaine won the Anthony, Agatha and Lefty Awards.
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