false 328000 3 For process server-turned-private investigator, Jane Kelly, weddings are murder. Usually that's a metaphor, but for newly minted P.I. Jane Kelly, it's fast becoming an all-too-accurate nightmare. Roland Hatchmere, plastic surgery magnate, has been found murdered just before his daughter's society wedding. The weapon is a wedding gift: a heavy, silver serving tray. The prime suspect is Roland's ex-wife #2: Violet "Ultraviolet" Purcell, she of the eccentric-bordering-on-insane Purcell clan. <P> Violet insists that she's completely innocent. After all, Roland was her absolute favorite ex-husband. And she was nowhere NEAR him at the time of the murder. Well, okay, technically she did meet him for a little pre-nup, bedroom tête-à-tête just before. And they did have a huge fight. And she did hit him with the tray. But just once. Honest. So could Jane just hurry up and prove her innocence? Sure. That should be easy. Let's just file this one under "12 Kinds of Crazy." But when Jane's boss, the temporarily sidelined Dwayne, is convinced Violet's telling the truth, well, there's nothing for Jane to do but take her lovable, misfit pug, Binky, and sniff out a few clues. <P> <P>Everywhere Jane and The Binkster look, there's a suspect odder than the last, including two grown, very troubled kids, an ex-wife strung out on Botox and a current wife who's a cross between Donna Reed and a sex kitten--all of them eager to blame Roland's death on Violet. It doesn't help that Violet's story keeps changing faster than a celebrity's hair extensions. To make matters worse, Dwayne's convalescence is turning him into Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window," complete with binoculars, and he's convinced there is something very bad going down in the private houses across Lakewood Bay, something that needs Jane and Binky's close attention. Faster than she can say, "I took criminology courses for this?", Jane is up to her eyeballs in lies, secrets, Extreme Botox, New Wave bands, truck-stop coffee kiosks (don't ask), very good scones, Junior League, wedding bandits, high school sociopaths, Plastic Pet Cemetery (don't ask, part II), a budding attraction to her boss, the Millionaire's Club, and someone who would kill to keep the past buried. <P> <P>The deeper Jane digs, the less she wants to know. Every truth leads her deeper into danger, and soon, Jane wonders if her first official case might also be her last...and if the client she's been asked to clear just might be the coldest black widow of all... 318631 1 10 2007 Ultraviolet (Jane Kelly Mysteries) total:88|5:14|4:32|3:37|2:4|1:1| 88 318 135 22 3 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:15:51 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:22:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 08:58:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 07:52:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 08:20:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 08:34:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 15 21:33:47 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 16 16:59:53 -0800 2008 Rating: C+
ISBN: 9780758209092
Series: #3 Jane Kelly

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For process server-turned-private investigator, Jane Kelly, weddings are murder. Usually that's a metaphor, but for newly minted P.I. Jane Kelly, it's fast becoming an all-too-acc...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 10:22:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 05:08:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:45:16 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 15:29:09 -0700 2009 Rear Window like spying on the houses across the lake. Jane is pulled into a teenage drama in an abandoned house, while helping investigate the dea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 11:24:44 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 14:06:50 -0800 2009 It's a good mystery. Not stupid. It's a bit funny. I did figure out who the murderer was by process of elimination but the motive wasn't clear till the very e...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 04 18:32:33 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 18:34:51 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jul 09 12:11:44 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:14:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 22 06:03:05 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 06:04:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:56:33 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:58:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:51:48 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 07:43:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 10:16:25 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 09:41:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 14 10:09:31 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 10:10:59 -0800 2008 She's not like Stephanie Plum, but I did enjoy the story.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 02 16:38:52 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:00:11 -0800 2009 1 4 0 false false Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 16:12:49 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 11:35:46 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 06:14:02 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 06:14:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 14:26:44 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 14:28:01 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 20 07:01:08 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 07:02:13 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 09:49:07 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 09:49:23 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=328000