She's on the Money

She's on the Money is the second in the Pink Pearl suspense series. Show her the Money is the first in the series. Both stories are independent and don't need to be read in the right order even though some incidents from the first book are mentioned in the second book. When incidents from the first book are mentioned, they are adequately explained and you don't feel like you've missed something. Pink and her mother are bolder and braver in this second installment. They do something in this second installment that they considered in the first book but weren't brave enough to carry out. This time, they did it. And it worked out great. The first book was great but this second tale of financial mayhem is even better and funnier. There are more twists, turns, shocks and surprises in this second installment. The final chapter has the greatest of all surprises, but don't go reading the last chapter first because it won't make sense if you don't read the beginning and rest of the book first. That's the beauty of the surprise. Stephanie Feagan is truly a master story teller. The plot keeps getting thicker and the dead bodies keep mounting and Pink has to use her Beretta Bob Cat subcompact revolver more in this second installment. I can't wait to read the third Pink Pearl installment.

In Midland, Texas following her success as a whistle blower rising from the ashes of public scorn to heroine (see SHOW HER THE MONEY), CPA Whitney "Pink" Pearl is hired by Banty McMeans to look into why his oil profits have dropped off considerably. He thinks David Lorenzo is siphoning revenues from him. However, like her love life the simple case takes a strange spin when not long after she visits Beeps Body Shop and finds someone killed Nolan Beeps. That is followed by David's wife and Pink's Aunt Dru vanishing and assumed abducted. While trying to choose between romancing her lawyer Ed Ravnealdt and having a fling with that handsome Senator Santorelli, Pink ponders whether she missed "National Nutcase Day" as her inquiries have gone crazy and interferes with her personal life. Of course her dad "Lurch" would tell her that is a good thing as neither of these white collars is worth that of a mechanic as a son-in-law. To make matters worse, someone wants to shut down Pink before she can select which hunk (perhaps that police sergeant) she wants or even learn the truth about the oil wells. Adding her to the obituary column is an unacceptable method to close her investigation as far Pink is concerned. Readers will appreciate Pink's return engagement in this wacky satirical private investigative tale. The story line never takes itself seriously even when someone tries to kill the heroine. Fans of humorous mysteries that lampoon chick lit superheroes will agree that Stephanie Feagan is on the money with this thriller. Harriet Klausner