Last Writes

Laura Levine. Kensington Publishing Corporation, $22 (234pp) ISBN 978-0-7582-0160-7

The wisecracks and puns again fly fast and thick in Last Writes: A Jaine Austen Mystery, the sequel to Laura Levine's well-received debut, This Pen for Hire (Forecasts, March 25, 2002). Jaine lands a gig as a writer on the TV show ""Muffy 'n Me"" (aka ""Bewitched with Tits""), but when the sitcom's gorgeous male star and notorious ladies' man drops dead after eating a poisoned donut, Jaine's dismayed to discover that the chief suspect is her best friend Kandi.

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