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The Dead and the Beautiful

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Cheryl Crane, daughter of movie icon Lana Turner, presents the third in her star-studded mystery series featuring celebrity realtor-turned-amateur sleuth Nikki Harper and her screen goddess mother.

Realtor Nikki Harper is often privy to the kind of celebrity secrets the tabloids would kill to hear—but the latest murder case to rock Tinsel Town is truly shocking. Ryan Melton is well known as the arm-candy husband of former child star Diara Elliot. Beautiful and ambitious, Diara appears on the television series Casa Capri, which stars none other than Nikki's mother, Victoria Bordeaux. In fact, Nikki recently met Ryan and Diara at one of her mother's parties. Now Ryan's lifeless body has been found by his swimming pool, and the security tapes have mysteriously been erased.

The prime suspect is the last person to see him alive: his dog walker, Alison Sahira. Nikki can't imagine the mousy mom killing a fly, but Alison is harboring a dirty little secret that could implicate a set of A-listers. Sorting through a tangled web of lies and innuendo, Nikki races to find the truth before she becomes the next target.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 8, 2013
      In Crane’s fun third Nikki Harper mystery (after 2012’s Imitation of Death), the Beverly Hills real estate broker must clear her boyfriend’s sister of a murder charge. Alison Sahira, who’s in a messy divorce and custody battle, is staying with her former child star brother, widowed dentist Jeremy Fitzpatrick, and his children. Alison offers her 90210 Dog Walking service to the stars, including squeaky clean actress Diara Elliot, who as a teen was a household name years earlier for her role in a hit Disney show. When Diara’s cover-boy husband, Ryan Melton, is found strangled by a leash, Alison becomes the prime suspect. Alison’s troubled past and reluctance to be forthright about her activities doesn’t help her case. Aided at times by her movie idol mother, Victoria Bordeaux, and others, Nikki once again turns amateur sleuth. Nikki shows her usual crime-solving flare, though comics fans may question her taste in buying old Aquaman comics for Jeremy’s son. Agent: Evan Marshall, Evan Marshall Agency.

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