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Dead Beat and Deadly
Dead Beat and Deadly
Third in the Series
by: Margaret Chittenden
ISBN (hardcover): 1-57566-314-7
ISBN (paperback): 1-57566-436-4
Published: 1998
At a self-defense class she's arranged for women in the neighborhood, Charlie Plato finally finds a stylist who promises to tame her hair. And what happens? The pretty Filipina gets murdered and the husband she'd accused of spousal abuse is looking like the number one suspect.
But Thane Stockton swears he didn't kill his wife and Charlie sets out, with sidekick Zack, to find out if he's telling the truth. On the way to a conclusion the story includes a very nice homeless man, a bride ordered off the Internet, a case of agoraphobia and of course, a little line-dancing. Once again, Charlie gets herself into a sticky situation that could easily prove fatal, and this time Zack isn't around to rush to her rescue.
Published by Kensington Publishing Corp.
Reviews:
- "This third entry in the series is easily the best."
- Booklist
- "Solid entertainment."
- Library Journal
- "The two young, attractive amateur detectives are surrounded by interesting and appealing characters."
- Dallas Morning News
- "Charlie Plato is exactly the woman you want for your best friend. She's honest, loyal, humorous, and hard-working. Before you go out and buy her a Scout uniform, be it known that Charlie is also anxious, insecure, and chock full of hormones, when it comes to her business associate, former television star Zack Hunter. Zack's charm and Charlie's brains make them a formidable combination"
- Charlaine Harris, author of the Aurora Teagarden and Lily Bard Mysteries