Revenge of the Cootie Girls

On Halloween, TV news producer Robin Hudson takes a deadly stroll down memory lane in award-winning author Sparkle Hayter's profoundly funny mystery, which Janet Evanovich hailed as "sexy, irreverent, and wacky" Things are looking up for Robin Hudson. She's been promoted, her nonmonogamous love life is cruising along, and her cat is making decent money as an advertising spokesfeline. It's time for a girls' night out. And what better night than Halloween? Bad decision. Robin plans to meet up with her gal pals and her new intern, Kathy, in a Times Square bar. But Kathy doesn't show. According to a phone message, she's trapped in a married man's closet. Turns out Kathy was chasing a story for Robin. As Robin and her posse track Kathy's last movements, they find strategically placed notes that refer to Robin's teenage past, when she and her best friend, Julie, were class outcasts, also known as the cootie girls. Now an evening of trick or treat turns into an encounter with real and present danger as Robin is plunged into a morass of money-laundering mobsters, mayhem, and murder that could get a nice girl killed. The Robin Hudson Mystery series is a winner of the Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective. Revenge of the Cootie Girls is the 3rd book in the Robin Hudson Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.