Cover Your Assets - Hardcover

Patricia Smiley lives in Los Angeles, California.

Feisty Tucker Sinclair is back in Smiley's engaging follow-up to False Profits (2004). The L.A. financial advisor has left her former firm and started her own company out of her beachfront bungalow. Eccentric characters from the last adventure are back, including Tucker's actress mother, Pookie, a poster child for the New Age, and her current flame, Bruce, who's much better at feng shui than intelligent conversation. Also residing at chez Tucker is Muldoon, the Westie in need of Weight Watchers, who loves cashmere and Quarter Pounders with cheese. When her former fiance, entertainment agent Evan Brice, is murdered, Tucker feels grief--and is conflicted about seeing his wife, Cissy, Tucker's best friend until she stole Evan. The softhearted Tucker agrees to help Cissy, who is accused of murdering her husband. Myriad suspects unveil themselves quickly, from the actress Evan represented to the young girl who cleaned his apartment. Though a bit darker than Smiley's debut, this one succeeds on the same merits: snappy prose, a compelling heroine, and a healthy dose of suspense. A series that promises staying power. Jenny McLarin
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