Body Wave

Wry wit and murderous mirth marked Nancy J. Cohen's first three Bad Hair Day whodunits, Murder by Manicure, Hair Raiser, and Permed to Death, as readers met Maria Shore, owner of the Cut 'N Dye Salon and amateur sleuth-with-style. "Body Wave" finds Maria back in the middle of another case when her ex-husband asks her to clear him of murder.When Marla's hateful ex, Stanley Kaufman, asks a favor, she's stunned. Granted, it might have something to do with the fact that he's been arrested for the murder of his third wife, Kimberly, and wants Maria to find the "real" killer. After visiting Stan in jail, Maria is convinced he's innocent. So who could have stabbed the beautiful young heiress and left her body lying at the foot of her stairs?Detective Dalton Vail suspects that the killer was someone Kim knew and trusted -- and that points to Stan. Maria thinks there are plenty of other suspects -- maybe even right inside the exclusive gates of the family's South Florida compound.Trading in her beautician's smock for a nurse's uniform, Maria goes to work undercover at the estate. She may not know a hypo from an EKG, but she figures out pretty quickly that a lot of people had reason to resent the former Mrs. Stan Kaufman. And as Maria continues to dig deeper into family secrets, she herself becomes the target of a killer who will stop at nothing to find a permanent solution to the problem.