
Hair Raiser
The Bad Hair Day Mysteries, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Mary Ann Jacobs
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By:
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Nancy J. Cohen
Hairstylist Marla Shore gets drawn into a culinary caper that involves murder, sabotage, and fowl play in this delectable cozy mystery.
When hairstylist Marla Shore volunteers for Taste of the World, a fundraiser for her cousin’s favorite charity, she quickly discovers that mixing scissors and sauté pans can be a recipe for disaster. First Chef Pierre's rum-soaked Bananas Foster erupts in his face. Then more chefs drop from the roster like overcooked soufflés and the nonprofit's attorney becomes the victim of fowl play. It’s clear as a consommé that someone is stirring up trouble. With a cunning killer on the loose, Marla has a lot more to worry about than which canapés her chefs should serve.
She teams up with Detective Dalton Vail to untangle the clues. He believes someone from the nonprofit’s board of directors might be involved, but Marla has her own suspicions. As she digs deeper, she realizes their upcoming gala could be more perilous than a hot stove. She’d better sift through the suspects to stop the saboteur before the entire event goes up in flames.
Nominated for a Reviewer’s Choice Award by RT Book Reviews
“Curl up with Nancy Cohen’s stylishly witty and chillingly suspenseful tale of murder on the Florida coast—Hair Raiser is a cut above.” Joanne Pence, author of the Angie Amalfi Mysteries
“Hair Raiser kept me guessing until the very end. Hats off to Nancy Cohen and her engaging sleuth, Marla the hairdresser!” Laurien Berenson, author of the Melanie Travis mystery series
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Fun mystery with entertaining cast of characters
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hair raiser
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In Hair Raiser: The Bad Hair Day Mysteries, book 2, the body count starts to add up. Marla has caught the eye of a new suitor and Taste of the World is shaping up … but not like one would expect!
Nancy Cohen has taken Marla, growing her character into a tenacious sleuth with the intellect and tenacity of Columbo but the fun and outgoing personality of a young Jessica Fletcher. One cannot help but love Marla. The chemistry between Marla and Dalton continues to get more interesting but one is not clear where their relationship is headed. Cohen keeps us guessing past the end of the book!
I thought I knew who the killer was in this book but much to my surprise, each person suspected proved to not to be the killer. Cohen is a masterful weaver of mystery and twists; she skillfully misdirects the reader until the last moment.
Mary Ann Jacobs gives an excellent performance. She assumes the role of each character projecting them through her many voices. I could listen to Jacobs for days, her voice is soothing.
If you enjoy light cozy mysteries, this is a great series to get hooked on!
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the body count starts to add up
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Detective Dalton Vail is upset that Marla is getting herself involved again in a murder, especially since he is interested in her romantically. But Marla’s family is pushing a different man on her. Dealing with all this while also still trying to run her hair salon, where Marla snoops by having conversations with her customers makes her life really wild.
The plot of this book comes with a good premise. Being set in the south of Florida, it suits well to use the context of an oceanic environmental charity for the basis of the mystery. I also like the way the book uses the setting of Marla’s hair salon to let her do her detection, since people so often tell everything to their hairdressers as they sit getting their hair done week to week or month to month.
This book does a good job of portraying the American Jewish culture of Marla’s family. They have a kosher Thanksgiving feast and are eager to push a rich Jewish man on Marla, whether or not he is nice. But everyone has skeletons in his or her closet. But despite this fact, the characters in this book do not have the depth that I like to see in books. I don’t picture the people other than Marla and the two men fighting for her affections, Vail and David. I also did not like the way Marla takes such obvious risks in going out on her own in dangerous situations. The book actually telegraphs bad situations and characters to the reader in advance, which gets annoying after a while.
I continue to like the choice of Mary Ann Jacobs as the narrator of the book. She has a unique-sounding voice that gives good expression to the book.
Hair Raiser is an enjoyable sequel to Permed to Death, but it doesn’t quite measure up to the level set by the first book in the series. I did find myself rooting for Marla’s happiness, and I hope to see better things in her future in upcoming books. I give this book four stars.
Sabotage against the ocean
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Can Marla's shear her way through the lies to catch a killer? Before the killer buries her for good?
Hair Raiser was originally published by Kensington Publishing Corp. This Author’s Edition has been revised and updated with added bonus materials.
Another fun Bad Hair Day mystery from the pen of Nancy J. Cohen.
Well plotted and written, with plenty of twists and turns to keep you turning the pages (or listening) right through until the hair splitting conclusion.
These audio books are great fun to listen to. And well narrated by Mary Ann Jacobs.
Available in Hardback, Paperback, Kindle and Audio download.
I voluntarily listened and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Published by Orange Grove Press and given by the author.
A hair raiser of a mystery!
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2nd Book as Great as the First
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What did you like best about this story?
I love all the leading up to mysteries and the unintended antics that Marla always finds herself in.What about Mary Ann Jacobs’s performance did you like?
she brings this book aliveAny additional comments?
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBoom2nd book just a great as the first.
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Cozy on up
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I liked how she went about combining interviewing suspects, gathering clues, and finding chefs to take part in Taste of the World. She also finds time to combine dating with sleuthing and still work her day job.
I enjoyed the narrator of this book as well. She did a good job in the voices for the different characters.
This was an interesting mystery and I plan to explore more in the series. “I voluntarily received a review copy of this audiobook from the author.”
Keeps you Guessing to the End
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Book 2 even better
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