Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during June 2015 is …
Death by Tiara by Laura Levine, a Jaine Austen Mystery (14th in series)
Publisher: Kensington
Jaine has been hired by über-pushy stage mom Heather Van Sant to write lyrics for her daughter Taylor's song in the talent competition for the Miss Teen Queen America pageant. It's different from anything Jaine has done before, but if nothing else, she's looking forward to a free weekend in a swanky hotel and a chance to see what really goes on backstage at a beauty pageant. But the hotel is a dump, the cattiness is out of control, and Candace — the perfectly-coiffed, whip-cracking pageant director — is making even Jaine's life miserable.
When Candace's assistant Amy is found bludgeoned to death with a silver tiara, there are more suspects than sequins on a pageant gown — and Heather is first on the list. Taylor begs Jaine to help clear her mom's name, but the search for the killer hits a dead end as Jaine quickly realizes that finding the culprit is going to be trickier than walking the stage in stilettos …
— Death by Tiara by Laura Levine
For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for June 2015. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of June 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.
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