Having collaborated on three books with Lynn Schnurnberger (The Men I Didn't Marry, etc.), Kaplan flies solo in
\t\t this zany crime novel introducing ace amateur sleuth Lacy Fields. A well-heeled
\t\t Los Angeles matron and celebrity interior designer giddy about clothes,
\t\t furniture and keeping up with the Joneses, Lacy adores her children and her
\t\t glamorous hubby, Dr. Dan, a popular plastic surgeon known as the "Saint of
\t\t Hollywood." When Dan's arrested for the murder of Tasha Barlow, a young
\t\t actress, and the police and even Dan's attorney believe he's guilty, the
\t\t devastated Lacy launches her own no-holds barred investigation. Lacy survives
\t\t tangling with an ex-con, arriving at George Clooney's movie-set trailer in
\t\t nothing but La Perla lingerie, finding a dead body in the trunk of her Lexus
\t\t and wrestling with a crazed commercial producer. Name-dropping, price-quoting
\t\t Lacy is a hoot as she makes the best of many tight situations, like the time
\t\t she wore "that size 6 Dolce & Gabbana gown to a charity ball." Suspense
\t\t fans looking for frothy, wacky fun will be well rewarded.
\t\t 8-city author tour.(Feb.)
