If the Shoe Kills

The tourist town of South Cove California is a lovely place to spend the holidays. But this year shop owner Jill Gardner discovers there's no place like home for homicide. . .<P>As owner of Coffee Books and More Jill Gardner looks forward to the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers. But when the mayor ropes her into being liasion for a new work program 'tis the season to be wary. Local businesses are afraid the interns will be delinquents punks or worse. For Jill nothing's worse than Ted Hendricks--the jerk who runs the program. After a few run-ins Jill's ready to kill the guy. That however turns out to be unnecessary when she finds Ted in his car--dead as a doornail. Officer Greg assumes it's a suicide. Jill thinks it's murder. And if the holidays weren't stressful enough a spoiled blonde wants to sue the city for breaking her heel. Jill has to act fast to solve this mess--before the other shoe drops. . .<P>Murder dirty politics pirate lore and a hot police detective: <I>Guidebook to Murder </I>has it all! A cozy lover's dream come true. --Susan McBride author of The Debutante Dropout Mysteries