Taking the Wrap: A Mandy Dyer Mystery

Dolores M. Johnson. Minotaur Books, $23.95 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-312-32115-4

A coat mixup at a mountain restaurant plunges Denver dry cleaner and amateur sleuth Mandy Dyer into a murder case in Dolores Johnson's Taking the Wrap: A Mandy Dyer Mystery, the seventh fast-paced entry in this cozy series. A hair-raising chase through a snowstorm and an unseen assailant in a friend's apartment are just a couple of the obstacles the steadfast Mandy surmounts before the smashing climax. Agent, Meg Ruley at Jane Rotrosen Agency. .

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