A Real Basket Case
ISBN 13: 9781594145476 or ISBN 10: 1594145474
A March, 2007, hardcover release from Five Star Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1597226745 or ISBN-10: 1597226742
A January, 2008 large print release from Wheeler Publishing.
"Claire Hanover, a Colorado Springs housewife who has started a gift-basket business, is feeling lonely and unloved by her work-obsessed husband. Her best friend, Ellen, divorced and bitter, urges her to attend an aerobics class. When the handsome instructor, Enrique, flirts with Claire, Ellen tells her to have an affair with him. Claire agrees only to a massage. After Enrique is shot and killed while giving Claire the massage, the police arrest her husband, Roger. Claire realizes that she has jeopardized her marriage and her husband, whom she still loves. She is sure that someone has framed him and sets out to prove it. As she investigates, she learns that there are many people who could have killed Enrique, ex-girlfriends and drug-dealing cohorts among them. Spying on drug dealers, confronting angry aerobics classmates who are now suspects, and screwing up gift-basket deliveries, not to mention a breaking-and-entering charge, complicate Claire’s life, but she carries on, determined to save her husband and marriage. This will appeal to Desperate Housewives fans and those who like cozies with a bit of spice.”
-- Barbara Bibel, Booklist Review, February 1, 2007
To buy the book in the Colorado Springs area, visit Book Sleuth in Old Colorado City, Poor Richard's Bookstore on Tejon, Beth Anne's Book Corner on North Circle, Black Cat Books in Manitou Springs, the Southgate Border's Bookstore or the Barnes & Noble Booksellers stores across from Chapel Hills Mall or Citadel Mall.
To buy the book elsewhere, choose one of the following:
