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[Editor's note: The following is a combined review with THE PINK FLAMINGO MURDERS.]--The author herself reads these St. Louis-based mysteries about a maverick reporter from a second-rate local newspaper. Elaine Viets clearly has affection for her main character and enjoys the situations into which she places them. Her timing falters a bit occasionally, but in each case she recovers quickly and falls back into a smooth pace and voice. Adopting more of a narration style, instead of reading style, would add substantially to the quality of this production, but Viets reads with clarity and enthusiasm and does a more professional job than many authors who read their own work. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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"Nobody knows St.  Louis better than Elaine Viets.  .  .  .  I'm looking forward to reading more about Francesca Vierling.  Her creator has the touch."
--John Lutz, author of Death by Jury

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The open road. The wind whipping in your face. For both serious riders and the wanna-bes called RUBs—Rich Urban Bikers—riding a Harley is only part of the thrill. Putting on leather and acting out is the rest. Even Francesca Vierling, a St. Louis reporter who is a little too tall, smart, and sexy for her own good, is dressed to kill—for a biker's ball that will lead straight ahead to murder.

The victim is a woman who lived well, married bad, and divorced hard. For Sydney Vander Venter, going from high-society wife to tough-talking biker chick was only a phase. One she didn't survive. Now Francesca must find out who ruined the annual Leather and Lace Ball by killing Sydney. But with her career crashing, her love life sputtering, and another murder waiting down the road, Francesca finds out firsthand how dangerous it can be when you're born to be wild—and dare to live that way too. . . .

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