Full Service Blonde

September 11, 2017
Edwards’s entertaining prequel to Getting Off on Frank Sinatra finds East Coast transplant Copper Black working at a Las Vegas, Nev., newspaper as a recently hired assistant editor, doing jobs like getting coffee for the arts and entertainment editor. Eager to make her mark as a journalist, Copper seizes the chance to accompany a colleague to interview Victoria McKimber, who has just flown back from an appearance on TV’s Morning Show in New York. Victoria, the winner of a sales contest sponsored by a beauty products company, has become a hot news item since the company’s top brass rescinded her crown and other perks after learning she worked as a prostitute at a Nevada brothel. Victoria later dies in an unlikely accident, and a visit to her husband ends with Copper stealing Victoria’s tape recorder. Meanwhile, Copper’s Episcopal priest brother and his wife are having trouble putting together a big land deal for the Alliance for the Homeless. Readers will enjoy smart, sassy Copper as she handles family and professional crises with aplomb.

November 1, 2017

In this prequel to Getting Off on Frank Sinatra, aspiring Las Vegas journalist Copper Black is asked to write the life story of prostitute activist Victoria McKimber. After Victoria's body is found in the desert, Copper is determined to solve the murder of a woman she had started to admire. Christmas, family, Sin City, and investigating don't mix well for Copper in this entertaining mystery that may appeal to fans of Deborah Coonts's "Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure" series.--LH

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