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Praise for the Paige Turner Mysteries

MURDER ON A HOT TIN ROOF

Paige is a delightful, irresistible, funny, and charming sleuth. She is witty and observant and Abby makes the perfect Watson to assist her. I found Amanda Matetskys knowledge of life in the 1950s interesting and informative... I enjoyed this book for its wit and likable characters. A good read with some good laughs. Gumshoe Review

It is refreshing to be back in a time where good, old-fashioned gumshoeing got the work done. Paige is a believable heroine whose teeth-gritting in the light of being a working girl in a mans world will make the blood of any woman boil, while her antics with her free-spirited neighbor will have you laughing! This is a delightful book and every mystery reader will love to read on. Roundtable Reviews

Lively characters, loads of offbeat charm, and spirited hijinks... What makes this book fun is Paiges saucy narrative voice... Amanda Matetsky invests her heroine with enough pluck, sincerity, and charm to make this an entertaining ride. Habitual Reader

[The] banter is delightful and quick and moves the story along at a fast clip... From the first line to the last, the action never stops... The tale is pert and funny. I enjoyed the characters for their freshness and enthusiasm. MyShelf.com

HOW TO MARRY A MURDERER

The author has successfully evoked the spirit of the people and the times of the 1950s and New York. The characters are delightful, especially Paige, who is hardworking, energetic, clever, and funny. MyShelf.com

A rich and satisfying story.

The Romance Readers Connection

This book grabbed me and held me right to the end.

Roundtable Reviews

MURDER IS A GIRLS BEST FRIEND

December 1954 in Manhattan is a trip down memory lane and Amanda Matetsky captures the ambience of the era to perfection. The heroines friend Abby makes a perfect crime-solving partner and some of their adventures are funny. Readers will thoroughly enjoy Murder Is a Girls Best Friend because of Paige, Abby, and 1950s New York.

Midwest Book Review

This book is a great example of fun fiction that uses much of the style of film noir... Paige is a clever, interesting heroine whos well-balanced by her Bohemian artist neighbor, Abby. This is an excellent book to read in any venue because it immediately transports the reader to New York in 1954.

The Best Reviews

MURDERERS PREFER BLONDES

A beautifully realized evocation of time and place; 1950s New York City comes alive for those of us who were there and even those who werent. Amanda Matetsky has created a very funny and interesting female protagonist, Paige Turner, and put her in the repressed and male-dominated year of 1954, which works like a charm. This is more than a murder mystery; this is great writing by a fresh talent.

Nelson DeMille, author of Wild Fire

Prepare to be utterly charmed by the irrepressible Paige Turner, and take an enchanting trip back in time to New York City, circa 1954... A thoroughly fun read.

Dorothy Cannell, author of Goodbye, Ms. Chips

Amanda Matetsky has created a wonderfully sassy character in the unfortunately named Paige Turner. In her 1950s world where gals are peachy and cigarettes dangle from the lips of every private dick, a busty platinum blonde finds herself at the wrong end of a rope and Paige is on the case of a swell whodunit, sweetheart. Delightfully nostalgic and gripping. Irresistible.

Sarah Strohmeyer, author of Bubbles All the Way

A great idea well-executedfunny, fast, and suspenseful.

Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition

Murderers Prefer Blondes is a gas; full of vivid characters and so sharp in its depiction of the fifties when you read it youll feel like youre sipping champagne in the Copacabana.

Betsy Thornton, author of A Whole New Life

Paige Turner is the liveliest, most charming detective to emerge in crime fiction in a long time. She is the product of her time and placeNew York in the fiftieswith a little Betty Boop and a little Brenda Starr in her makeup, but she is also her own woman, funny, smart, energetic, brave, hardworking, and determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. She is irresistible, a force of nature.

Ann Waldron, author of The Princeton Impostor

Matetsky adeptly captures the atmosphere of the 1950s, and her charactersespecially Paige and her friend Abby are a delight. This journey back to a time that now seems innocent is refreshing. Romantic Times

A fun new mystery series... A real page-turner.

BookBrowser

A fast-paced, smart debut with a feisty heroine that entertains and keeps readers eagerly turning Paiges.

The Mystery Reader

Berkley Prime Crime titles by Amanda Matetsky

MURDERERS PREFER BLONDES
MURDER IS A GIRLS BEST FRIEND
HOW TO MARRY A MURDERER
MURDER ON A HOT TIN ROOF
DIAL ME FOR MURDER

For the readers whove stuck with me
from the first Paige to the last

Acknowledgments

I am infinitely grateful for the support (and tolerance) of my family and friendsespecially Harry Matetsky, Molly Murrah, Liza, Tim, Tara, and Kate Clancy, Ira Matetsky, Matthew Greitzer, Rae and Joel Frank, Sylvia Cohen, Mary Lou and Dick Clancy, Susan Frank, Ann Waldron, Nelson DeMille, Dianne Francis, Art Scott, Betsy Thornton, Santa and Tom De Haven, Nikki and Bert Miller, Herta Puleo, Esther and Harold Schoenhorn, Marte Cameron, Sandra Thompson and Chris Sherman, Cameron Joy, Donna and Michael Steinhorn, Stephanie and Burt Klein, Lois and Eric Rosenthal, Mark Voger, Gayle Rawlings and Debbie Marshall, Judy Capriglione, Martha Cevasco, Judy Dini, Betty Fitzsimmons, Nancy Francese, Jane Gudapati, Carleen Kierce, April Margolin, Doris Schweitzer, Carol Smith, Roberta Waugh, and her right-hand man, St. Joe.

The Lovely/Lively Literacy LadiesJulia Berkowitz, Anne DuPrey, Carole Edwards, Demetria Muldaur, and Marilyn Tinterare the most literate (and amusing) friends a writer could ask for. And my co-agents, Annelise Robey and Meg Ruley of the Jane Rotrosen Agency, and my new editor at Berkley, Kate Seaver, are the skillful, cheerful (and patient!) ones who make it all happen. Many thanks to one and all.

Prologue

LIFE IS JUST A DREAM, THEY SAY, BUT LATELY mine has been more like a nightmare. Shocking, sweaty, and horrifyingfilled with visions and demons so ugly and evil theyd cause even the bravest soul to wake up screaming. You may think Im exaggerating, but let me assure you Im not. Ive experienced things in the past few days no woman should ever have to endure... or even know about.

But dont worryIm going to tell you about it anyway.

That is, after all, what I do. For a living, I mean. I tell stories. True stories. And unfortunately for me (and most of the other pitiful, or in some cases abominable, characters youll soon meet if you keep on reading), the tale Im about to tell is as factual as it is frightful.

But first, a few facts about me....

(Sorry, but I have to give you some background information, you know! I need to explain a few things about my peculiar lifeand some of the peculiar people who populate my peculiar lifeso that you can understand how I got caught up in the aforementioned nightmare, and why Im compelled to tell you all about it now. Please bear with me. The following introductory details will lay the groundwork for the disturbing story to come, and help you separate the good guys from the bad guys... well, sort of, anyway.)

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