{"product_id":"adorably-dead-9781503058958","title":"Adorably Dead","description":"Lucy Frampton lives amid the glitzy trappings of Los Angeles. Her friends enjoy intimate relationships with aroma therapists and body sculptors, and her neighbors' estates boast screening rooms and humidity-controlled wine cellars. The exclusive Windermere Academy, which her daughter, Chloe, attends, has a shrink on the payroll to lead \"encounter sessions\" when tiny tempests threaten the students' sunny days. And even bit players in the Windermere school pageants have publicists and agents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Lucy, a sensible, transplanted Midwesterner, keeps her sights down-to-earth. She's an outstanding mom, a sexy wife, and an animator whose career is rocketing. But then, in a flash, her perfect world of storyboard mornings and car-pool afternoons goes from romantic comedy to film noir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy's new nanny, Brandon, college friend-and onetime lover (but that's another story)-is shot dead while driving her husband's car. It's unclear who the intended victim was, but then Lucy stumbles upon something even more chilling: a video hidden among Brandon's things that shows a child committing a murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough the authorities yawn, Lucy suspects the killer is cruising through classrooms and lunchrooms, as dewy-eyed innocent as any other kid. With a razor wit and a hilarious irreverence for the trappings of fame as her only weapons, Lucy launches a one-woman investigation, leading smack into the looking-glass world of child actors, where nine-year-olds can fire their own parents, where a child's smile commands top dollar-and a little killer is about to have the last laugh! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Originally published as Playing Dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lindsay Maracotta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503058958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLindsay's first success as a writer was her sixth grade Thanksgiving play, about a plucky Pilgrim girl and her wise-cracking pet turkey. She has since written for Glamour, Harper's, Mademoiselle, and the L.A. Times Magazine, notably doing the Playboy Interview with the cast of Saturday Night Live. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is the author of the laugh-out-loud Dead Is The New Fabulous mystery series, starring the vintage-wearing, wise-cracking, animator-turned-sleuth Lucy Frampton, was twice a Sisters In Crime notable book and was adapted by Hallmark Channel as the movie The Hollywood Moms Mystery, starring Justine Bateman, Elizabeth Pena, and George Hamilton, with Lindsay serving as Executive Producer. Her most recent novel, The Producer's Daughter, is a selection of The Book of the Month Club, The Mystery Writer's Book Club, and the Literary Guild Book Club. She is also the author of the chilling suspense novel, Hide \u0026amp; Seek, a national bestseller that was translated into nine languages, and Everything We Wanted, a contemporary women's fiction novel. Writing as Lindsay Graves, she's also the author of the wickedly-funny The Ex-Wives series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lindsay wrote for the Emmy-winning HBO suspense series The Hitchhiker and recently co-produced the movie Breaking at the Edge, a supernatural thriller starring Milo Ventimiglia, Rebecca Da Costa, and Andie MacDowell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband and two ready-for-their-close-ups cats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Please visit www.lindsaymaracotta.com to learn more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67170851291251,"sku":"9781503058958","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5bd34e6a-f1ae-4ced-86cb-d59e4f8e0e9c.jpg?v=1794417557","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/adorably-dead-9781503058958","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}