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Beauty And The Deceased
A Resale Boutique Mystery
by Debra Sennefelder
Beauty and the Deceased (A Resale Boutique Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Publisher : Lyrical Press (December 14, 2021)
Paperback : 191 pages
ISBN-10 : 1516111036
ISBN-13 : 978-1516111039
Digital ASIN : B092LH3FBZ
Kelly Quinn’s Long Island consignment shop offers high style at secondhand prices—but when a body is found on the beach, she needs to start hunting for a wolf in sheep’s clothing . . .
Kelly is thrilled when she gets a visit from a cousin she hasn’t seen in years. Becky’s cosmetics company is taking off, and she just might have laid the foundation for a big-money buyout. It’s a time to celebrate—but Kelly is heartbroken when a killer puts an end to their happy reunion during a mysterious midnight meeting near the shore.
Despite multiple warnings to steer clear, Kelly starts shadowing a variety of suspects both inside and outside the beauty business—when she isn’t busy filling the racks of the Lucky Cove Resale Boutique with lots of new inventory from a local shopaholic. Gossip and accusations are flying, but there’s no glossing over this ugly crime, and she’s going to make sure the culprit faces justice…
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Kelly Quinn knew three things for sure her first full summer back home in Lucky Cove. One – summer people were good for business. Two – reconnecting with her cousin was just what she needed to help deal with…well, see number three. Three – getting over a breakup is hard when you see the guy practically every day.
She leaned closer to the mirror and applied a swipe of her new favorite lipstick, Beachy Nude by Define Beauty. The up-and-coming cosmetics company had been her cousin’s brainchild. Becky Quinn’s obsession with makeup in her teen years had paid off.
Kelly dropped the lipstick into her vintage Gucci clutch she used as a cosmetics bag. It had been a little treat to herself after the breakup from her boyfriend. Luckily the consignment website she purchased it from had a payment plan. She grappled around for her concealer and finally found the tube.
Dabbing on the Define Beauty’s concealer, she knew something else for certain. And it made her belly quiver.
Family secrets that bubbled below the surface could suddenly erupt, swallowing everyone involved. Including someone like her who only knew merely about the secret.
Too bad her concealer didn’t work on things like heartbreaks and secrets. She would have purchased a vat full.
A dramatic meow drew her attention from the dresser’s mirror to the floor where her
orange cat, Howard, sat staring up at her. He meowed again and ratcheted up the drama that time. She glanced at her watch and sighed. Right on time.
The furball had a schedule, and heaven forbid there was any deviation. After all, his first nap of the morning would be after breakfast.
“Okay, okay. I’m almost done.” She stepped back from the dresser and gave a final look at her outfit. She nodded approvingly at her gray wide-leg linen blend pants topped with a black cotton shell and block-heeled sandals. It was a fashionable yet comfortable outfit for the day ahead. Before she opened her shop, The Lucky Cove Resale Boutique, she had an appointment with a new consignor. According to the woman’s sister-in-law, who worked with Kelly, Camille Donovan had a ton of clothes to sell.
Kelly’s lips curled up into a smile. She loved clients like Camille. And she needed more of them.
Another meow, this time louder and more urgent, alerted Kelly to her cat’s growing impatience with her dawdling. Over time, she’d learned to decipher his various sounds and body language. It would have been a whole lot easier if he’d come with a manual when she inherited him from her granny. Manuals would have helped with the boutique and her apartment too. Oh, and she couldn’t forget relationships. A how-to guide on how to repair broken relationships would have been beneficial. Alas, there was no handbook on life. It looked like she, along with everyone else, was learning as she went along.
She zipped the cosmetics bag and carried it out of the bedroom with Howard right on her
heels. When she stopped at the small table in the hall between the coat closet and the door, he
gave her a questionable look.
Exactly who owned whom?
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About Debra Sennefelder
Debra Sennefelder is an avid reader who reads across a range of genres, but mystery fiction is her obsession. Her interest in people and relationships is channeled into her novels against a backdrop of crime and mystery.
Her first novel, THE UNINVITED CORPSE (A Food Blogger mystery) was published in 2018. When she’s not reading, she enjoys cooking and baking and as a former food blogger, she is constantly taking photographs of her food. Yeah, she’s that person.
Born and raised in New York City, where she majored in her hobby of fashion buying, she now lives and writes in Connecticut with her family. She’s worked in retail and publishing before becoming a full-time author. Her writing companion is her adorable and slightly spoiled Shih Tzu, Connie.
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