Polished Off

St. Elizabeth, Georgia, offers charm, Southern hospitality -- and an occasional dollop of mayhem. Now, hairdresser Grace Terhune has to save a beauty pageant that's fallen victim to the ugliness of murder...

Little Miss Murderous

It's business as usual at Violetta's salon, until Audrey Faye sashays in looking for stylists for the Miss Magnolia Blossom pageant. Grace jumps at the opportunity, but on her first day she finds a theater full of anti-pageant protestors, angry mothers, frantic contestants, and an aloof Audrey. Even Violetta's manicurist, Stella, is acting strangely.

Then, during the talent portion, protestors storm the stage -- and Audrey Faye is found dead, murdered with a nail file. It turns out Audrey was having an affair with Stella's husband, which makes Stella a prime suspect. Now, Grace and Violetta's beauticians must find the real murderer before Stella is polished off permanently...

This is #2 in A Southern Beauty Shop Mystery.