Killer Heels (Molly Forrester Mystery Series) » (Reprint)

SHERYL J. ANDERSON is a television writer/producer whose credits include Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Charmed. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Mark Parrott, and their two children.

Hilarious, sexy, and loaded with suspense, Sheryl J. Anderson's slick debut novel pits advice columnist Molly Forrester against the magazine world, Manhattan's singles scene, and cold-blooded murder...

When murder plays havoc with your career, sex life, and Jimmy Choos...

Molly Forrester enjoys playing a "Dear Abby" type for Zeitgeist, a Manhattan glossy. She's always hoped opportunity would knock, not throw itself at her feet as is the case when she stumbles literally over a colleague's body in her brand new pumps. Now her chance to get closer to real news has presented itself as she stares at her spoiled Jimmy Choos planted firmly in a pool of blood...

It's time to call your girlfriends...

Molly recruits trusty chums Cassady and Tricia to help her solve the crime. But she's getting distracted by the adorable homicide detective on the case. Unfortunately, she must first deal with Peter, her pretentious boyfriend. After a second name is brutally struck from the masthead, Molly investigates and stumbles again. This time, it's on dangerous secrets within Zeitgeist's ranks. Now her involvement in this gory chaos might just cost her a whole lot more than a pair of upscale designer footwear...

"Sparkles like fine champagne....will tap right to the top of the Best First lists."

-Carolyn Hart, author of Murder Walks the Plank

Publishers Weekly

Mix a splash of Carrie Bradshaw, a dash of Stephanie Plum and a wee bit of Kinsey Millhone and you have Molly Forrester, advice columnist ("You Can Tell Me") for Zeitgeist magazine by day and amateur sleuth by night. At the start of Anderson's debut comic crime novel, Forrester literally steps in it gooey blood, that is when she returns to the office late one night and stumbles over a dead coworker. Molly's spanking new Jimmy Choos are covered in blood and she's soon knee-deep in sex, lies and crime-scene tape. Thrown into the fray are a hottie cop named Kyle Edwards; Molly's two gal pals, lawyer Cassady Lynch and event planner Tricia Vincent; and soon-to-be ex-boyfriend Peter Mulcahey, who happens to be a reporter for a rival magazine. Can Molly solve the murder and segue into a serious writing career? Or is using the death of a coworker as a major career move utterly uncouth? ("I always knew I'd make my mark on the world. I just didn't expect it to be one of those chalk outlines they draw around dead bodies.") While Molly explores her options, there's a second murder, and financial irregularities pop up in Zeitgeist's accounting department. Ample laughs help propel a well-crafted plot. Agent, Andrew Zack. (May 12) FYI: A television writer, Anderson credits her husband, Mark Parrott, as the novel's coauthor in her acknowledgments. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.