Permed to Death (Bad Hair Day Mystery)

Permed to Death (Bad Hair Day Mystery) by Nancy J. Cohen. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781575664828.

Meet Marla Shore, a Florida hairstylist and salon owner with a knack for styling hair and solving mysteries. Hairstylist Marla Shore is already having a bad hair day when one of her clients dies in the shampoo chair at her salon. Then Detective Dalton Vail accuses her of putting poison in the wealthy womans coffee creamer. Grumpy Bertha Kravitz might not have been Marlas favorite customer, but she wouldnt have murdered the lady. With her reputation at stake, Marla decides its up to her to unmask the killer. Combing the womans privileged world for clues, Marla discovers the town is crawling with potential suspects. Berthas son is resentful about being written out of her will. Her shady business partner has secrets to hide, and then theres the niece, who inherits Berthas fortune. But Marla might have to look closer to home for the culprit. Her janitor has vanished without a trace, and one of her stylists leads an upscale lifestyle that doesnt match her income. As the case grows more snarled, Marla determines to unravel the clues. Shed better hurry before the smart detective discovers her scandalous secret, or hell pin her with a motive and lock her away in a place where a bad hair day will become permanent. "Marla the beautician is a delight!" Tamar Myers, author of the Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries and the Den of Antiquity Mystery Series