Death By Chick Lit

April 16, 2007
Chick lit authors become a killer's target in this loving sendup of the popular genre from journalist Harris (Miss Media
). After Mimi McKee, author of Gay Best Friend
, has her throat slit with a shard from a broken martini glass, Lola Somerville, a 32-year-old freelance writer living in Brooklyn, determines to unmask the murderer. The investigation could help land Lola a new book deal and boost flat sales of her debut novel, Pink Slip
. Is the fiendish killer "Reading Guy," a 40-something dweeb who stalks chick lit author signings? Or could it be Mimi's boyfriend, Quentin, a crossword puzzle composer? Then there's Wilma, the militant leader of the Jane Austen Liberation Front, who has no love for authors of low-brow literature. When not sleuthing or scribbling, Lola gabs on her cellphone to best friend Annabelle and leans on her "geek-hottie" husband, Doug, for support. Readers will down this fizzy "murder-tini" in one gulp.

June 1, 2007
Disgruntled chick-lit author Lola Somerville is looking for another book to write after sales of her first novel tank. When she attends a party for another author and finds her dead in the broom closet, Lola becomes embroiled in the hunt for the killer. Seems everyone is writing a chick-lit novel in New York City, but who is killing the writers? For chick-lit mystery fans. Harris ("Miss Media") lives in Brooklyn.

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