{"product_id":"9780698181847","title":"Killer Blonde: A Dead-End Job Mystery","description":"South Florida sleuth Helen Hawthorne gets a history lesson from her landlady Margery Flax. In the 1970s, while pushing papers in a dead-end job, Margery witnessed a battle of the blondes between vivacious Vicki and meticulous Minnie for a promotion that would take one of them to the top of the corporate ladder. But when their office politics turned dirty, the blondes got dangerous—leaving one of them dead and one of them a killer whose identity Margery has kept secret for more than forty years…\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKiller Blonde\u003c\/i\u003e previously appeared in \u003ci\u003eDrop-Dead Blonde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes a preview of the Dead-End Job Novel, \u003ci\u003eCatnapped!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Dead-End Job Mysteries by Elaine Viets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anthony Award and the Agatha Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A stubborn and intelligent heroine, a wonderful South Florida setting, and a cast of more or less lethal bimbos.”\u003c\/b\u003e—#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Charlaine Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Clever.…The real draw, though, is Viets’s snappy critique of South Florida.”\u003c\/b\u003e—Marilyn Stasio, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Wickedly funny.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Viets\u003c\/b\u003e has actually worked many of those dead-end jobs in her mystery novels, just like her character Helen Hawthorne. She is also the author of the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series and numerous short stories. Elaine has won an Anthony Award and an Agatha Award. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with her husband, reporter Don Crinklaw.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107147137264,"sku":"9780698181847","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698181847_p0.jpg?v=1763621200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698181847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}