Murder by Manicure

Name: Murder by Manicure
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Nancy J. Cohen
ISBN: 9781952886119

Author: Nancy J. Cohen

Series: The Bad Hair Day Mysteries #3

Narrator: Mary Ann Jacobs

Unabridged: 6 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orange Grove Press

Published: 05/09/2017

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Salon owner Marla Shore discovers a whirlpool of secrets when she joins a sports club and ends up solving another nail-biting murder in this humorous cozy mystery.Hairstylist Marla Shore joins a fitness club to get in shape but discovers a dead body instead of an exercise routine. Jolene Myers—a client at Marla’s salon—has drowned beneath the frothing waters of the whirlpool. When Homicide Detective Dalton Vail determines Jolene's death was no accident, Marla decides to give her deductive skills a workout and help solve the case.Jolene had few friends at the fancy athletic club. As Marla gets to know everyone, she wonders who might have targeted Jolene for a lethal soak in the hot tub. The shady pharmacist? The smarmy city councilman? Or maybe the vocal animal rights activist? The fitness club staff had no fondness for Jolene, either. How far would they go to keep their secrets? When another member turns up dead, Marla intensifies her efforts to nail the killer and wrap the case. If she fails, the next buff body on its way to the morgue might be hers.ABR Audiobook Listener Award Finalist and RONE Award Finalist“Marla Shore is a beguiling, very clever sleuth who teases out every clue. Absolutely delightful!” Jill Churchill, author of the Jane Jeffry & Grace and Favor Mysteries

Reviews

Goodreads review by FangirlNation

Hair stylist Marla Shore joins a health club in Murder by Manicure by Nancy J. Cohen, and at her first night there, she walks in on her hair client Jolene Myers in a heated argument with Cookie Calcone, a virulent activist against product testing on animals. Jolene works as a researcher for a chemic......more

Goodreads review by Linda

I haven't read this series in order so it was fun going back towards the beginning. I do like Marla and Dalton. The mystery was good and I enjoyed the story.......more

Goodreads review by AudioBookReviewer

My original Murder by Manicure audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer. Trouble follows Marla Shore wherever she goes! Trying out a fitness club trial membership she discovers Jolene dead in a whirlpool. Trouble always finds Marla with bodies popping up, hidden identities......more

Goodreads review by Georgiann

Marla Shore is a Hairstylist. She decides to use a thirty day free pass at the local Health club to get in shape. But when she over hears an arguement in the locker room between Jolene Myers- a client of hers and another women. Than finds Jolene drowned in the whirlpool. Det Dalton Vail determines J......more

Goodreads review by InD'tale Magazine

4.5/5.0 Mary Ann Jacobs does a superb job voicing these characters with all the sass and sarcasm that is needed, and makes a great story even more wonderful to listen to. Read full review in the 2017 September issue of InD'tale Magazine.......more