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A Real Basket Case
By Beth Groundwater
When police accuse gift basket designer Claire Hanover's husband of killing her massage therapist, she becomes a bumbling amateur sleuth to free her husband and save her marriage.
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In A REAL BASKET CASE, the best friend of Claire Hanover, 46-year-old proprietor of a Colorado Springs gift basket business, arranges for a handsome young massage therapist to give Claire a massage. When he's shot and killed while doing so and police arrest her husband, Roger, for the crime, Claire must convince Roger she wasn't having an affair and, with advice from a PI friend, find the real killer before Roger loses his job and goes to trial. Claire confronts the victim's fiery ex-girlfriend, his drug-dealing cohorts, and the gym ladies he supplied with cocaine or seduced for money. She must extricate herself from under a drug dealer's bed while he seduces his girlfriend, from jail--charged with breaking and entering, from a drug boss's limousine while he berates her for "messing in his business," and from her angry aerobics classmates when they discover she suspects them. She makes mistakes at every turn, but she perseveres. Will she find the real murderer before Roger loses his job and goes to trial? Can she convince her husband to come back to her? Or will the killer get to her first? "This will appeal to Desperate Housewives fans and those who like cozies with a bit of spice." -- Barbara Bibel, Booklist Review, February 1, 2007 "Drugs and jealousy add up to a Rocky Mountain murder. A tense, exciting debut." -- Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2007
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A Real Basket Case is a fast-paced read with a gutsy heroine and secondary characters you'll love. Beth has spun a mystery that will keep you turning the pages and guessing alongside Claire as to who did it, and when you've read the last page, you'll wish there was more. For those of you who like mystery, this is a book for you.
Julie Lence
Luck of the Draw, Asylett Press, June 2007