It's just another day at the office for book editor Samantha Clair. Checking jacket copy for howlers, wondering how to break it to her star novelist that her latest effort is utterly unpublishable, lunch scheduled with gossipy author Kit Lowell, whose new book will deliciously dish the dirt on the fashion industry. But little does she know how much trouble Kit's book is about to cause. Before it even goes to print. When police inspector Field turns up at the venerable offices of Timmins & Ross, asking questions about the undelivered package that was addressed to Sam, she knows something is wrong. The messenger sent to deliver the package was murdered, and then Kit goes missing. Suddenly, Sam's nine-to-five life is turned upside down and she is propelled into a criminal investigation. Someone doesn't want Kit's scandalous manuscript published and unless Sam can put the pieces together in time, they'll do anything to stop it. With her deliciously fun, cleverly written debut novel, acclaimed author Judith Flanders introduces readers to an enormously enjoyable, to-smart-for-her-own-good new amateur sleuth, as well as a colorful cast of characters including Sam's witty assistant, effortlessly glamorous mother, and the handsome inspector Field. A whip-smart, impeccably crafted mystery, this tremendously entertaining novel will have readers flying through the pages.

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After a real-estate swindler promises four young Manhattanites a luxury penthouse, then skips town with their money, the four victims must decide whether to compete for the apartment or band together to bring the swindler to justice.

On a mission to expose Max Taylor, the owner of a charter airline service for the rich and famous, as a womanizing jerk, junior book editor Sabrina Cavanaugh, posing as a wealthy heiress, hits some turbulence when love gets a special boarding pass on her flight. Original.

Arlette Rosen makes a living helping people write the books they have always dreamed of, but when she finds herself falling in love with her latest client, tax attorney Harbinger Singh, she begins to finally create a romance story of her own. Reprint.

When her creatively embellished resume gets her a job at a romance publisher, Rebecca Abbot is immersed in an estrogen-laden environment where, while battling against a rival editor and scouting out new talent, she gets a new outlook on love, life, and 'happily ever after.' Original.

A real-estate swindler promises four young Manhattanites a luxury penthouse, then skips town with their money. Editor Corinne Jensen, Assistant DA Venice Calderon, aspiring artist Ian McTeague, and computer expert Oliver Pappas must decide whether to compete against one another for the apartment or band together to bring the swindler to justice. Reader's group guide, author online interviews. Original.

Book by Gardner, Erle Stanley