Killer Knots: Bad Hair Day Mysteries (Bad Hair Day Mystery)

Marla Shore is ready for some fun, sun and getting to spend quality time with her fiancé, police detective, Dalton Vail and his fourteen years old daughter, Brianna aboard a cruise ship. What Marla didn't realize was that Dalton had other ideas about how to spend their quality time together and it involved Marla getting to know her soon to be future in-laws! It seems though that Marla won't be spending much time with anyone. She already has a new case just calling her name in the form of a personal note addressed to her...ok so maybe the first name was made out to Martha and not Marla but still...Marla can't stop herself from getting involved. Marla discovers that art and cruise ships don't mix. Marla meets a group of museum employees that were all invited to have fun on the same cruise liner. While at an art auction, an very valuable art pieces shows up, painted by an artist who's died under mysterious circumstances. Can Marla solve this case before she is all washed up? Marla is such a fun loving gal. There isn't any case too big or too small that Marla can't solve and you can guarantee that Marla will look good doing it. If you think Marla's one tough cookie when she's on the case you should see her take on every woman's nightmare....the dreaded split ends! I liked this book so much that I read it in one sitting. Killer Knots is the ninth book in this series featuring everyone's favorite hairdresser and sleuth, Marla Shore. It can be read as a stand alone book. I hope to see this series go on for a long time. Nancy Cohen is a new favorite author of mine.

Marla Shore, owner of the Cut 'N Dye Salon, is off on a cruise with her fiancé Detective Dalton Vail. His teenage daughter and parents are joining them. It's her first meeting of the in-laws. Soon after boarding the cruise ship, a note is found in an envelope addressed to "Martha" Shore stuck in their cabin door reading "I know what you did and I have what you want." Marla figures it was delivered by mistake, or at least she hopes it was and doesn't refer to nudie pictures from her long ago past. Marla and Dalton get seated with tense employees and associates of a Tampa art museum instead of with Dalton's family. An unknown benefactor paid for all of them to attend the cruise and they each received a note similar to the one Marla received. The cruise hosts an art auction including the work of Alden Tusk, an artist who died mysteriously from a fall. Marla decided to investigate. Who is sending the threatening notes? Who is the secret benefactor paying for the museum staff to come on the cruise? Is this the same person? How and why did the artist die? Can she do this and still have a good first visit with Dalton's family? I love this series. Marla and Dalton are such fun characters. They have really grown through this series as well. I like Marla's interactions with his teenage daughter. They are very believable. It's fun seeing them in a different setting this time. I enjoyed the cruise setting for this installment in the series. I can't wait to read the next book! I highly recommend this book and series.

I loved it! I couldn't put it down! I loved the character diaglouge. It was fresh, witty and the characters became 3 D for me. When it was over, I actually felt a little sad, as I could have read more. But I am sure I will and hopefully soon! Barbara Theesfeld

The Tropical Sun, a cruise ship sailing to the Caribbean, is the latest setting for Nancy Cohen's newest book. Sit back, turn the pages,and you will swear you are on vacation as well. Of course Marla always finds herself in the midst some kind of intrigue, and in no time, Marla is off and running! At dinner, she discovers that all the people at her table, are employees from an Art Museum that were given free passage on the cruise. Add in mistaken identity, a murder, & the mystery of the islands, and you cannot put this book down...If you,or someone you know is going on a cruise, or an island adventure, you NEED this book. If you are stuck home in the snow, than you REALLY need this book!

As part of meeting her future in-laws for the first time, hairdresser and part-time detective Marla Shore joins her fiancé police detective Dalton Vail, his parents Kate and John and his teenage daughter on a Caribbean cruise. Not long after they go on board the Tropical Sun, a crew member delivers a message to Marla that is a threat, but is actually addressed to Martha Shore. At dinner, Marla and Dalton sit with tense employees and associates of a Tampa art museum. Apparently an unknown benefactor paid for them to attend the cruise and each of them received a note similar to that "Martha" got. When the cruise hosts an art auction to include the work of an artist Alden Tusk who died mysteriously from a fall, Marla decides enough as she not one to let her hair knot. Instead, she begins to investigate who is behind the threatening notes; who, if a different person, is the secret patron paying for the museum staff to come on the cruise; and how did the artist die and if it was murder who is the killer? She investigates this while trying to get on with her fiancé's family. This laid-back cruise cozy is a fun Bad Hair Day Mystery as Marla struggles with balancing her investigation with meeting the folks. In many ways her sleuthing takes a back seat to her insecurities as she wonders if the parents and the teen will accept her. Fans who appreciate an amiable often amusing tale will enjoy Marla's seaworthy antics dealing with KILLER KNOTS that rival her previous PERISH BY PEDICURE pedigree. Harriet Klausner