“Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!” —Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling AuthorShe’s a beautician with a plummeting reputation. Can she catch a strangler before her salon is financially frizzed out?Valentine Beaumont is desperate to revive her dying business. Trying to recover from an infamous incident where she defended herself with a perm rod to her attacker’s privates, the last thing she needs is another scandal. So when a weal...

“Laugh-out-loud humor & top-notch mysteries! Absolute MUST-READS!”—Darynda Jones, New York Times/USA Today Bestselling Author of the Charley Davidson Series“Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!”—Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling AuthorMeet gutsy beautician, part-time sleuth, Valentine Beaumont. Quick thinker? Check. Risk-taker? Check. Catching killers with her beauty tools has never been so much fun!MURDER, CURLER...

Four USA Today bestselling authors team up to bring you your favorite female sleuths in a hilarious new mystery series!Tonight is Babette Lang's bachelorette party. Problem is, there's no bachelorette, only an unusual group of disgruntled guests—a wannabe hand-model bartender, a chain-smoking talent agent, the bride-to-be's cheapskate boss, plus the sloshed fiancé and his furious sisters.It's not a party until there's a body!When one of the...

Four USA Today bestselling authors team up to bring you your favorite female sleuths in a special collection of their orginial mysteries!The 4 Sleuths are a funny killer foursome whose exploits include dodging killers at a sketchy bachelorette party, mud wrestling ancient burlesque dancers, and glamping with grownup Girl Scouts, to name a few. Meet the 4 Sleuths before they teamed up and check out their first mysteries in this box set, the Origin Stories!

“Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!” —Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling AuthorValentine Beaumont is back in her second hair-raising mystery, this time, trying to find out who had it in for an elderly nun. Only trouble is there are others standing in her way: hot but tough Detective Romero, sexy new stylist Jock de Marco, and some zany locals who all have a theory on the nun’s death.Making things worse: the dead nun’s secret that haunts Valentine,...

“Sharp, sexy, and side-splitting. Everything I love in a good mystery!”– Darynda Jones, New York Times/USA Today Bestselling Author of the Charley Davidson Series“A fun-filled ride. A zany cast of characters. And a quest to find a killer. Another great book in a wonderful series!”– Wendy Byrne, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Izzy Lewis MysteriesIn her third fast-paced mystery, beautician Valentine Beaumont and her madcap crew sail th...

“McFarlane’s own cosmetology expertise adds welcome authenticity to the gleeful and goofy proceedings…in her crafty seventh cozy featuring Massachusetts beautician Valentine Beaumont.” –Publishers WeeklyHilarity ensues in Valentine Beaumont’s seventh action-packed adventure when the feisty beautician enrolls her staff in a team-building camp in California. Learning how to work together in harmony takes a backseat when a daring event is sabotaged, a secret ...

An employee’s sudden disappearance brings dark secrets to light. Can this impetuous beautician crack a secret code and find her employee before time runs out?When beautician Valentine Beaumont’s star employee, Jock de Marco, goes missing, Valentine fears the worst. Jock could turn a Plain Jane into a knockout with the mere touch of his comb. But despite his talents in the salon, this tame career might not be enough to distance himself from a dangerous past that may...

“Laugh-out-loud humor & top-notch mysteries! Absolute MUST-READS!”—Darynda Jones, New York Times/USA TodayBestselling Author of the Charley Davidson Series“Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!”—Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn her first action-packed mini mystery, beautician Valentine Beaumont is stalked by an escaped felon she once helped put behind bars. As she strives to stay one step ahead and stop this maniac before he kills...

“CHARMING, SUSPENSEFUL, AND FLAT-OUT FUN!” — JANET EVANOVICHDead men tell no tales—but killers leave clues. Valentine intends to find every last one aboard a pirate ship movie set and prove (once again) that a good set of tools can outsmart even the cleverest killer.It’s all hands on deck when beautician Valentine Beaumont is cast as an extra in a pirate movie. When a dead body is discovered on the ship, it’s clear there’s a villai...

Four USA Today bestselling authors are back with your favorite female sleuths in a hilarious new mystery!Hot on the high heels of a rather strenuous trip to NOLA, Merry invites Valentine, Kate, and Franki to strap on hiking boots in the middle of Iowa for a glamping weekend! Unfortunately, downtime underneath the starry skies, with s'mores and mint-cookie cocktails, turns deadly when an unpopular glamper is murdered.The suspects seem to outnumber the mosquitos when...

Four USA Today bestselling authors team up to bring you your favorite female sleuths in a hilarious new mystery series!After a murderous bachelorette party in Niagara Falls, Valentine, Merry, Kate, and Franki decide it's time to relax and have some fun in the Big Easy. New Orleans turns out to be anything but easy when the killer foursome stumble across the body of a formerly famous, elderly burlesque dancer—who dressed as a dolphin. To make matters worse, NOLA's finest ar...