{"product_id":"bewitched-bothered-and-beheaded-paperback","title":"Bewitched, Bothered, and Beheaded - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHEADS-UP! TWISTY PLOTTING, SLY WIT, AND OVER-THE TOP HUMOR AHEAD!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wacky and hilarious whodunit, private eye Lee Alvarez slips into the role of magician's assistant for a fundraiser and \u003cstrong\u003efinds herself dead center in a beyond-grisly murder\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite meticulous planning and rehearsal, the magician's guillotine trick goes as wrong as it possibly can when Lee pulls the cord and shimmies to divert attention from the horrifying fall of the blade. \u003cstrong\u003eWith her back to the guillotine, she's the last to know\u003c\/strong\u003e of the real-life beheading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the first to know \u003cstrong\u003eshe's the number one suspect\u003c\/strong\u003e. In a humiliating turn of events, she's summarily arrested and booked for the murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn easy situation to lose your own head in, but with three days before her arraignment, \u003cstrong\u003ethe entire Alvarez family investigative firm swings into action\u003c\/strong\u003e to save their star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuckily for the reader, the unfortunate events are just beginning. The wealthy magician's beneficiaries immediately begin coming to various \u003cstrong\u003esticky ends, including shootings, drownings, kidnappings, and oncoming SUVs\u003c\/strong\u003e. It seems he's left a chunk of his fortune to a tontine, to be divided among his two ex-wives, current cheating wife, twin nephews, and devoted butler-with the last survivor enjoying the whole income.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone evidently can't keep a cool head on their shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of PI stories, cozy mysteries, and women sleuths will lose their own heads over Lee Alvarez and her adorable (and vexing) family of investigators! Lee's \u003cstrong\u003esharp and funny like her fellow female protagonists Kinsey Millhone (Sue Grafton) and Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich), but she cleans up better\u003c\/strong\u003e - say, Nora to her dapper husband's Nick. And the rest of the large, loving, interfering, and resourceful Alvarez family will delight lovers of Lisa Lutz's family series, The Spellman Files.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702305329215,"sku":"9798988050216","price":25.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2230a8647fa51baf8a35a7cd66a9067d.webp?v=1765023962","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bewitched-bothered-and-beheaded-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}