Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) - Paperback by Lois Winston
The title alone made me stop for a second look. A murder mystery centered around a crafts editor at a fashion magazine and her industrial glue gun? Count me in! First thing I wanted to know was - what was the method? Hot gluing the nostrils and lips shut so the victim couldn't breathe? Well, not exactly...
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When Anastasia Pollack's husband permanently cashes in his chips at a roulette table in Vegas, her comfortable middle-class life is suddenly kaput. She's left with two teenage sons, a mountain of debt, and her hateful, cane-wielding Communist motherin-law. Not to mention stunned disbelief over her late husband's secret gambling addiction, and the loan shark who's demanding fifty thousand dollars.
Anastasia's job as crafts editor for a magazine proves no respite when she discovers a dead body glued to her office chair. The victim, fashion editor Marlys Vandenburg, collected enemies and ex-lovers like Jimmy Choos on her ruthless climb to editor-in-chief. But when evidence surfaces of an illicit affair between Marlys and Anastasia's husband, Anastasia becomes the number one suspect.
Anastasia's job as crafts editor for a magazine proves no respite when she discovers a dead body glued to her office chair. The victim, fashion editor Marlys Vandenburg, collected enemies and ex-lovers like Jimmy Choos on her ruthless climb to editor-in-chief. But when evidence surfaces of an illicit affair between Marlys and Anastasia's husband, Anastasia becomes the number one suspect.
This is a light, fast-paced read (I finished in one day) with a lot of action, teeming with snappy one-liners and zingers. Be ready for a
The plot is trimmed with outlandish, zany characters that weave in and out of the main plot. While at times I felt like I needed to stop and take a breath because the story moved almost too fast, I loved Winston's glowing gift of snappy comebacks. I giggled a lot while taking this one in. I could see Winston with a second career as a sitcom scribe.
This is the first in a series of Anastasia Pollack crafting mysteries, and Chapter One of the next title, Mop Doll Murders, is included at the back of Glue Gun.
Oh! I appreciated the clever crafty ideas within the story as well.
"The police had confiscated my computer, desk chair, all my supplies, and - worst of all - the three dozen satin birdseed roses scheduled for this morning's photo shoot."
If you like crafty mysteries, this is a must-have for your collection!
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Felicidades,
Kathy :-)
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