Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death Hardcover – November 2, 2021 by Jessica Fletcher

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Author: Fletcher Jessica

Color: Pink

Package Dimensions: 19x210x440

Number Of Pages: 288

Release Date: 02-11-2021

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When a local art shop owner is murdered, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to once again be working alongside her old friend MI-6 agent Michael Haggerty to solve the case in the newest mystery in this USA Today bestselling series.
When Nelson Penzell, co-owner of a local art and treasure store in Cabot Cove, is murdered, the nail tech from Jessica Fletcher’s favorite beauty parlor is the main suspect. After all, she’s the one who ran out of the store screaming, covered in blood, and holding the murder weapon. Jessica is positive that despite the circumstances, Coreen can’t possibly be guilty, and is determined to prove it.

When Michael Haggerty, handsome MI-6 agent and Jessica’s old friend, is caught snooping around the victim’s home, it’s quickly apparent to her that she was right. Nelson has always had a bit of a reputation for being a rake, but Haggerty is sure his sins go far beyond what anyone in town imagined. If she wants to clear Coreen’s name, Jessica will have to work alongside Michael to find out who killed Nelson—and maybe help bust a crime ring in the process.

About the Author

Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels. Award-winning writer
Terrie Farley Moran coauthors this bestselling series.

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Chapter One

Jessica, I really think you should let me fluff up the top.” My favorite hairdresser, Loretta Spiegel, used her fingers and the handle of a round-headed brush to push my ash blond hair about an inch higher than I normally wear it. Then she turned the easy-to-rotate salon chair I was sitting in from right to left and back again so I could view it from all angles in the mirror in front of me.

“No, thank you, Loretta. I am happy with my hair the way it is.” Then I added, “At least for the time being,” to soften the blow.

Loretta and I had some version of this same conversation nearly every time I came in for a trim. She kept trying to make what she called “small changes” to my hairstyle, which I was sure would eventually lead to major changes. My short hair, layered with just enough waves to have an agreeable, feminine look, suited me perfectly. I found it easy to manage, a boon when I am traveling, what with book tours, research trips, and my favorite jaunts-visits to family and friends. Although I resisted every suggestion Loretta made, that never stopped her from making them.

Loretta pulled a long, pointed stainless steel hair clip off a cardboard placard that was standing upright on her countertop and snapped it open to section off the side of my hair she was ready to cut. “If you say so, Jessica, but I wish you’d let me make a small change here and there. I think it would give you a more modern look.”

My longtime friend and neighbor Ideal Molloy was tucked under a pink domed hair dryer a few feet behind us. She was wrapped in a kimono-style smock, her dark hair covered with rows of plastic curlers and a bouffant hairnet. Ideal raised her voice as if not sure we could hear her over the whirring of the dryer. “More modern. That’s exactly right, Loretta. Thank you.”

Coreen Wilson, the salon’s manicurist, had worked as Loretta’s assistant since she was a student in high school. Now she stood in front of Ideal, holding open a plastic nail polish display case filled with inch-high bottles of lacquer of every color of the rainbow, along with a few odd shades I couldn’t identify. Coreen ran one hand through her honey blond curls while she waited patiently for Ideal to look over the entire selection and then choose her usual deep red polish. She’d said it so many times, even I knew the name-Dark Cherry. So when Ideal veered off, we were all taken by surprise.

“Loretta, that’s exactly what I want. A more modern look for my fingernails. Maybe this time I’ll even do my toes. Should I go with royal blue or stripes, or something bolder? Every t