There’s no love lost between Marla and Carolyn Sutton. Carolyn has never forgiven Marla for leaving Hairstyle Heaven to open her own place, especially since Marla’s clientele grew as Carolyn’s faded away. Carolyn retaliated by relocating near Marla, but couldn’t put the highlights back in the balance sheet. Still, it’s a nasty shock when Marla enters the meter room behind the shopping center that houses both salons and tumbles over her rival’s body. Carolyn’s neck is broken and a hank of her hair is missing. Marla’s powerful curiosity would have been enough to send her snooping for clues, but when Detective Dalton Vail, her very significant other, actually asks her for help, nothing can hold her back. Her quest becomes even more personal when Wilda Cleaver, Carolyn’s trusted psychic and new owner of her salon, insists that Carolyn’s spirit is begging Marla to solve her murder. Adding a dose of blackmail, Wilda warns that someone Marla loves is in great danger but won’t give details until Marla cracks the case. Marla’s got her work cut out for her-poor Carolyn was far from popular…and maybe even farther from honest. There’s Carolyn’s snubbed sister, Linda, who only inherited an unspecified, “valuable” collection that appears to be missing, the chiropractor whose shady dealings Carolyn had uncovered, and the immigration lawyer who apparently had been issuing suspicious visas for Hairstyle Heaven’s French-born staff. Add to all this some surprising news from Detective Vail and a blossoming romance for Marla’s mother, and Marla’s well-coiffed head is soon spinning. It will take all her skill to untangle the snarl of suspects, trim the list down to unmask the murderer-and learn what’s behind Wilda’s eerie premonitions before someone Marla loves is next.
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BROADWAY CONCERT SERIES – CENTER STAGE
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport announces its next special event in their ongoing Broadway Concert Series on Saturday, November 6th at 8 PM with Broadway Center Stage.
Produced exclusively for the John W. Engeman Theater by New York Casting Director Stephen DeAngelis, five of New York’s finest performers will recreate some of their most memorable career highlights, display their great versatility and share amusing behind-the-scenes anecdotes. Performers scheduled to appear are Allison Case (Hair, Mamma Mia!), Becky Gulsvig (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), William Michals (South Pacific, Beauty and the Beast), Tony Award , Drama Desk Award and Emmy Award nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, Shrek the Musical, Beauty and the Beast, “Johnny and the Sprites”) and Eric Jordan Young (Chicago, Ragtime, Seussical, The Look of Love). Musical Director/Accompanist for the evening will be Jason Webb.
Tickets are NOW ON SALE and are . Tickets may be purchased by calling (631) 261-2900, by visiting www.engemantheater.com, or at the Engeman Theater Box Office.
Event at John W. Engeman Theater at Northport on 2010-11-06 20:00:00 :
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5 responses to Died Blonde (Bad Hair Day Mystery 6) Reviews
I liked the cute story about a Jewish salon owner sleuth, Marla Shore. The book is descriptive of its South Florida locale, so those who live there or have traveled to the area can identify the roads, places, and towns, and maybe with Cohen’s cultural view of the area. Boca Raton, etc.
Marla enjoys many adventures and meets many zany people en route to solving the mystery (which the reader should find out, so I won’t go on!). Interwoven into the tale is a love story between Marla and the hunky detective, Mr. Dalton Vail. Part of the story tells about how Marla invites Dalton into her Jewish world, including detailed descriptions of Rosh Hoshannh. Ms. Cohen lovingly details how Jewish Marla’s family is.
As a mystery, the book contains some villains and other characters that Marla encounters along the way, descriptively described by Cohen. There are the illegal “French” immigrants. An Irish-Italian chain smoking woman at an Indian casino, and a whole host of others. Ms. Cohen mentions and frames the ethnicity of every character in the book, some positive, some negative. But I’m not sure that really adds to the reality of the story, nor is her skewed stereotyping really necessary for a book for this age group.
Gene
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Died Blonde (Bad Hair Day Mystery 6) Reviews
Ya gotta love Marla. She keeps her salon in perfect order, avoids her mother’s good intentions, develops her relationship with her boyfriend’s daughter, keeps an eye on her auntie and her best friend, survives a hurricane, considers marriage, and helps run her dead rival’s shop–all without a hair ever out of place. Well, okay, maybe she needed a little touch up after the hurricane, but all in all, Marla’s got it covered.
As usual, the characters are fun, the setting is realistic, and the murder is most foul. And the reader is left wanting more. Can’t wait for the next book in this terrific series.
Toni Lea
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Died Blonde (Bad Hair Day Mystery 6) Reviews
Hairstylist Marla Shore finds her rival, Carolyn Sutton, dead in the meter room in back of their strip mall. Her boyfriend, Detective Vail who is a hunk, asks Marla for her help. He feels people will talk to her about this better than they will to him. She is a hairstylist, and they know her. Usually he’s telling her to not investigate, so she jumps at the chance to help.
She’s also trying to set her mom up with Sam from the hardware store. Marla doesn’t like Roger, her mom’s boyfriend. Since he’s out of town, she works hard to bring her mom and Sam together.
Marla talks to Carolyn’s psychic and is told some information about her own family that concerns her. She talks to Carolyn’s bingo partner. Marla and her best friend end up visiting a nearby town and meeting with some psychics to gain more information.
Instead of clearing up the details, the waters just get muddier. Plus, a hurricane is bearing down on Florida. Can Marla uncover the truth about Marla’s death, as well as some other issues that have come out of her death, as well as keep her own salon working, and keep herself and those important to her safe and healthy?
Things with Vail are heating up, and she has to come to terms with her feelings for him and his daughter. Is she ready to make things more permanent?
I always enjoy books in this series. Marla is a great character. Her salon business brings her in touch with so many people. She is always able to get the dirt that Vail cannot get. The relationship between Marla and Vail is wonderful too. I can’t wait to read the next book and see what happens to them.
I highly recommend this book.
Dawn Dowdle
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Died Blonde (Bad Hair Day Mystery 6) Reviews
Nancy J. Cohen’s “Died Blonde” (Bad Hair Day Mystery 6) has an interesting plot, but the writing and characterization are at best juvenile.
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Died Blonde (Bad Hair Day Mystery 6)
I cannot say that I didn’t like this book, yet I won’t be bothering to get the series. I got this book in a collection of cozy mysteries and in that respect it held up. It was an enjoyable mystery. That said, I also have to point out that the main character makes references to what must be previous books in the series, none of which are relevant to the plot and often detracting from it. The relationship beween the jewess and the goyim is overplayed and the main character is more self-absorbed with personal problems that solving the riddle (which actually seems to be an after-thought). In fact the christian boyfriend and his daughter add more to her personal angst than the murder mystery. Still when she does focus on the murder the twists and turns of plot development are worth the read. Still if this is your kind of read I would probably start the series from the beginning. Me, I think other authors do the cozy mystery thing better as their books can stand alone, but are so enjoyable you want to read more from them.
E. Durham
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