By: Elaine Viets
Genres: Mystery
Posted: May 11, 2011
With much excitement, the couple takes on their very first case involving an alleged cheating spouse. In order to get the inside scoop, Helen agrees to work a dead-end receptionist job at Fantastic Fitness where the supposed unfaithful hubby works out. From dumbbells to dingdongs, Helen meets all types of personalities in hopes of catching the two-timing husband right in the act.
In the meantime, Helen and Phil decide to investigate another case involving a supposed suicide which took place decades ago involving family secrets and drug lords. Not surprisingly, Helen starts to wonder if they have taken on more than they can handle. As the stakes are raised, Coronado Investigations finds itself front and center in the action. Will the newlyweds be able to solve both cases? Or, will this new business venture cause the end of their marital bliss?
PUMPED FOR MURDER is the tenth installment of Viets's National Bestselling Dead-End Job Series. With each hilarious novel, she takes ordinary jobs and creates extraordinary mysteries. Her main character, Helen Hawthorne, is the lady-next-door who finds herself knee-deep in mischief no matter what she's doing. Light and laughable, PUMPED FOR MURDER is this summer's quintessential work-out companion.
Book Summary
The latest Dead-End Job mystery from the national bestselling author of Half-Priced Homicide.
Helen Hawthorne and her new hubby Phil have opened their own P.I. agency and their very first client is Shelby, who thinks her husband is developing a killer body for another woman.
To keep track of the suspected cheater, Helen gets a dead-end job at Fantastic Fitness, where she has to pump iron to stay employed. Then the budding agency takes on a murder case, and Helen has to move her workouts to the early morning just to keep up. With so much weight on her aching shoulders, will Helen catch a killer-or just drop dead from exhaustion?
by: Elaine Viets
New American Library
May 1, 2011
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Featuring: Helen Hawthorne
272 pages
ISBN: 0451233204
EAN: 9780451233202
Kindle: B004Q7DJBU
Hardcover / e-Book