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  <title><![CDATA[Killer Cuts (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 8)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;The national bestselling author who turns &#8220;minimum wage into maximum hilarity&#8221;( Nancy Martin, author of &lt;I&gt;Murder Melts in Your Mouth&lt;/I&gt;) presents a hair-raising murder mystery of do or dye&#8230;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Helen Hawthorne&#8217;s latest dead-end job is in Miguel Angel&#8217;s Fort Lauderdale hair salon, where a trim can cost as much as a car payment and a blowout can wipe you out. But when one of the salon&#8217;s most famous clients, gossip blogger and cable-TV show host Kingman &#8220;King&#8221; Oden is murdered at his own wedding, things get a little hairy and King becomes the prime suspect. To save her boss&#8212;and her job&#8212; Helen is determined to find the murderer. When she finds herself the target of threatening notes, it&#8217;s more imperative than ever that she figure out who at the wedding was dressed to kill.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Killer Cuts (Dead-End Job Mystery, Book 8)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elaine Viets]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 12 14:48:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 12 14:52:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is a fun easy read.  The most fun of the book is seeing what crappy job Helen has.  This time around it isn't so bad, she is a gofer in a hair salon.  She manages to stumble upon a murder and feels like she must solve it to help her boss.  All the while she is planning her own wedding.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67130441">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 07 16:04:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 07 16:07:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a change, Helen Hathaway has a fairly pleasant job at a top beauty salon.  Ironically, she finds herself helping Carlos, her Cuban-American boss at a big wedding:  Honey, desperate to marry a wealthy man, is settling for vicious gossip-monger King.  He dies after the ceremony, and Carlos and Hon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62534083">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65295850">
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 28 12:51:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 12:53:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book wasn't as good as the last one in the series that I read.  The whole premise is getting a little worn and I didn't feel like all of the threads were tied up in the end.]]></body>
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    <review id="63070677">
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 11 14:03:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 11 14:04:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The latest of the &quot;Dead End Job&quot; mysteries was a disappointment to me.  It really was too tawdry and I spent most of the time being uncomfortable rather than laughing. ]]></body>
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    <review id="76945292">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 06 13:58:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 22 09:32:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recommend this to cozy mystery readers who also watch <u>Split Ends</u> and <u>Tabitha's Salon Takeovers</u>. <br/>I can hardly wait for the next novel in this series because the action in the last chapter really thwarted Helen Hawthorne.  Darn you, Elaine Viets and your dastardly plotting! ]]></body>
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    <review id="69150974">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 27 17:48:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was alright. I think it's along the janet evanovich sort of mystery books but not enough interesting characters ... ]]></body>
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    <review id="68699122">
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 24 10:47:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 24 10:48:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like the people,good secondary characters, and the setting. Always good for a visit. Mystery a little thin but fun.]]></body>
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    <review id="63483108">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jul 14 13:58:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy this series and eagerly read each one as it is released.]]></body>
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    <review id="54899395">
    <user id="949025">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 04 09:36:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The premise of this series is getting a little &quot;tired&quot;.]]></body>
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    <review id="76317252">
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    <body><![CDATA[Too silly. Read about 2/3 and skimmed the rest.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little slow on the start - but a good read for that series.]]></body>
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