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EDITED TO DEATH
Trivia-maven Maggie Fiori has all the ingredients for a perfect life — a handsome, attentive husband, two terrific kids, a reliable au pair, a house on the hill with views to die for, and a satisfying freelance life, working for the enigmatic Quentin Hart, editor of Small Town, San Francisco's chicest city magazine. But what wouldn't she do for a little excitement? Bored with carpools and itching to shed her khaki wrap-around skirt, Maggie makes a dangerous decision.
Her dueling desires for domestic bliss and adventure intensify when she finds Quentin's body slumped over his desk at home, her first serious investigative piece buried along with him, and to her horror, their extramarital affair exposed. With her husband now a potential suspect, Maggie determines to set everything right, convinced that discovering Quentin's murderer is the only way to wipe the slate clean. Risking everything to reclaim her former life, Maggie enters the vortex of Quentin's past, uncovering a trail of sexual misadventure and intrigue that begins in Oxford and ends on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Throwing her journalist's instinct into overdrive, she turns amateur sleuth, investigating leads and rattling cages, putting herself and her family in grave danger as a result.
EDITED TO DEATH is a delicious whodunit packed with glitterati intrigue, crisp dialogue and quirky characters, set against the glamour and eccentricity of a wonderfully nuanced San Francisco. Deftly weaving the angst of modern motherhood and marital remorse with real insight into the fated workings of the human psyche, EDITED TO DEATH is an effervescent concoction of humor, regret, and deception. Readers who enjoyed Susan Isaacs’ classic COMPROMISING POSITIONS, Kate White’s Bailey Weggins’ series (IF LOOKS COULD KILL, A BODY TO DIE FOR), and Laurie Colwin’s elegant comedies of domestic life, will relish Peterson’s debut novel.
EDITED TO DEATH
By Linda Lee Peterson
Published by 21st Century Publishing
Distributed by Partners Books Distributing, Inc.
1-800-336-3137, fax 517-694-0617
Price: $23.00
226 Pages
ISBN: 0-9722624-3-1
Publication Date: January 12, 2005
To learn more about EDITED TO DEATH and Linda Peterson, visit:
http://www.lindaleepeterson.com
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