Private Investigator Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, are in Los Angeles where Jack is attending a business conference. After the conference, Jack and Regan plan to take off in their rental car for a mini vacation.
In downtown L.A., Regan runs into an old acquaintance and takes her up on an invitation to a dinner party. As they reconnect, Regan realizes that her friend Zelda's life has changed drastically since they last spoke. First, Zelda was left a considerable chunk of change by a neighbor she barely knew. Then she began her new career as a life coach. Most shockingly, she's learned that her father and his new girlfriend just had a spur-of-the-moment wedding at a drive-through chapel in Vegas! Zelda asks Regan to do a simple background check on her father's new wife. But before she can start, Regan gets sidetracked by a poisoning, a murder attempt, and a scam more despicable than she ever could have imagined! Will Regan ever get to enjoy her vacation with Jack?
Carol Higgins Clark is the author of the bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries. She is coauthor, along with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark, of a bestselling holiday suspense series. Also an actress, Carol Higgins Clark studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has recorded several novels. She received AudioFile’s Earphones Award of Excellence for her reading of Jinxed. She lives in New York City. Her website is CarolHigginsClark.com.
