Wollie Shelley Mystery #2: Dating Is Murder by Harley Jane Kozak (Hardcover)

Wollie Shelley is a greeting card artist struggling to keep afloat financially and to pursuedespite a series of recent disastersthe search for the love of her life. She reluctantly agrees to be a contestant on the reality television show Biological Clock. The shows premise: six eligible singles date each other, and the audience votes on which couple would make the best parents. Alas, Wollie isnt having much luck finding a man shed like to date off the air, much less father her child. As the biological clock ticks away, Wollie gets caught up in a much more pressing demand on her time. Her friend Annika has vanished into thin air and Wollie is convinced that shes in grave danger.

When Wollie reports the disappearance to the Los Angeles Police Department, however, the detective assigned to the case seems more interested in dating Wollie than in finding her friend. So Wollie springs into actionand lands right in the middle of an FBI investigation into an international drug cartel. She soon finds herself being stalked by an assortment of threatening characters, including her fellow televisioncontestants, who will stop at nothing to beat the clock.

With Dating Is Murder, Kozak delivers another sparkling treasure, a laugh-out-loud funny, literate mystery for readers of Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton, and for Kozaks own growing legion of fans.