Laughing Can Kill You

<p><strong>He who laughs last laughs longest.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Unless he's dead.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>When romance author Hazel Rose is dropped by her publisher she sees herself  </p><p>heading down a path strewn with has-been authors. While disappointed Hazel won't give up without a fight-she signs up for a mystery-writing class thinking that crime fiction will jumpstart her career.</p><p><br></p><p>But what's a mystery-writing class without a mystery? So when Randy Zimmerman an obnoxious classmate given to laughing at others' expense is murdered Hazel tackles the case. Solving a real-life murder will surely lend authenticity to her creative writing.</p><p><br></p><p>She recruits her book group pals to help with the investigation. Trouble is there are more suspects than they bargained for-even Hazel herself who endured Randy's thumbs-way-down review of her writing had a motive.</p><p><br></p><p>A second body drives the stakes higher and Hazel doubles her efforts to find who's behind the murders unearthing secrets that a killer would go to any lengths to keep hidden.</p><p><br></p><p>Will Hazel succeed? Or will this be The End for her?</p><p><br></p>