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Elaine Viets



http://www.elaineviets.com

Elaine Viets actually works the same dead-end jobs as her character, Helen Hawthorne. She has been a dress shop clerk, bookseller and a telemarketer who called you at dinner time. You probably hung up on her. MURDER BETWEEN THE COVERS is the second book in the Dead- End Job series. She and Helen have a real future working jobs that go nowhere. Elaine has just signed a contract for three more books.

She lives in South Florida with her husband, Don Crinklaw. They collect parking tickets.

Books

Death on a Platter
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #7)
November 1, 2011


Josie Marcus plans to savor sampling the local St. Louis cuisine for a City Eats food tour. But her appetite is ruined at Tillie’s Off the Hill Italian Restaurant when another customer is Read more...



Pumped for Murder
(A Dead-End Job Mystery #10)
May 3, 2011


The latest Dead-End Job mystery from the national bestselling author of Half-Priced Homicide.

Helen Hawthorne and her new hubby Phil have opened their own P.I. agency and their very first client is Read more...



Half-Price Homicide
(A Dead-End Job Mystery #9)
May 3, 2011


At the high-end designer consignment shop Snapdragon, Helen Hawthorne must cater to the whims of snobby-yet-frugal customers like Chrissy, who comes in to sell a purse and ends up causing a scene. But Read more...



Crimes by Moonlight
(Mysteries from the Dark Side)
April 5, 2011


A winning mystery collection edited by and featuring an original story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris.

Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times Read more...



An Uplifting Murder
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #6)
November 2, 2010


On Josie’s latest assignment, her former teacher—now working in a lingerie shop—is in need of some serious support when a customer is found murdered. Unfortunately, the teacher’s alibi is flimsier than the camisoles she Read more...



Killer Cuts
(A Dead-End Job Mystery #8)
May 4, 2010


Helen Hawthorne’s latest gig is working in Miguel Angel’s Fort Lauderdale hair salon, where a trim can cost as much as a car payment and a blowout can wipe you out. But when Read more...



Half-Price Homicide
(A Dead-End Job Mystery #9)
April 27, 2010


The national bestselling author presents a high society murder mystery...

At Snapdragon, a high-end designer consignment shop, Helen is at the beck and call of snobby—yet frugal—customers. That alone is a deadly combination, especially Read more...



Crimes by Moonlight
(Mysteries from the Dark Side)
April 6, 2010


An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris

Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling Read more...



The Fashion Hound Murders
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #5)
November 3, 2009


Josie Marcus has been hired to check out a big pet store's involvement with puppy mills. When an employee who clued her into the mills' existence shows up dead, Josie realizes that sinking Read more...



Clubbed To Death
(A Dead-End Job Mystery #7)
May 5, 2009


National bestselling author Viets reveals the lifestyles of the rich and murdered...

In the Superior Club’s complaint department, Helen Hawthorne has to deal with the rich and spoiled. Then her deadbeat ex-husband sails back Read more...



Killer Cuts
(A Dead-End Job Mystery #8)
May 5, 2009


The national bestselling author who turns "minimum wage into maximum hilarity" (Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) presents a hair-raising murder mystery of do or dye...

Helen Hawthorne's latest dead-end job Read more...



Murder With All the Trimmings
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #4)
November 4, 2008


A humbug of a Shopping mystery...

From The Anthony and Agatha Award-Winning Author of Accessory to Murder

Includes insider shopping tips!

Mystery shopper Josie Marcus doesn't get the appeal of the year-round Christmas shop. But Read more...



Clubbed to Death
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
May 6, 2008


The national bestselling author who turns "minimum wage into maximum hilarity" (Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) reveals the lifestyles of the rich and murdered...

Helen Hawthorne's latest dead-end job is Read more...



Murder With Reservations
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
May 6, 2008


Living life on the lam and working wherever she can find a paycheck, Helen Hawthorne has a knack for keeping a low profile. But when her co-worker dies, and her two-timing ex-husband tracks Read more...



Accessory to Murder
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #3)
November 6, 2007


Someone has killed Halley Hardwicke, the hot young designer of thousand-dollar Italian silk scarves, in the mall parking lot—and police have their eye on Jake, the husband of Josie's best friend Alyce. The Read more...



Murder With Reservations
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
May 1, 2007


Helen Hawthorne has a knack for keeping a low profile. But in South Florida, it's going to get a lot harder to fly under the radar...

Working at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Read more...



Murder Unleashed
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
May 1, 2007


Helen Hawthorne has no choice but to take on a series of dead-end jobs to make ends meet. Unfortunately, they're exposing her to a lot of people who end up dead. Her Read more...



High Heels are Murder
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper #2)
November 7, 2006


Sleuthing can be dangerous - but high heels can really kill you...

Every job has its pluses and minuses. Josie Marcus gets to shoe-shop—but she also must deal with men like Mel Poulaine, who's Read more...



Murder Unleashed
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
May 2, 2006


With a résumé that includes attempted assault and alimony evasion, Helen Hawthorne has no choice but to take on a series of dead-end jobs to make ends meet. At the Pampered Pet Boutique, Read more...



Dying In Style
(Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper)
October 4, 2005


Mystery shopper Josie Marcus's report about Danessa Celedine's exclusive store is less than stellar, and it may cost the fashion diva fifty million dollars. But Danessa's financial future becomes moot when she's found Read more...



Dying in Style
October 4, 2005


Mystery shopper Josie Marcus's report about Danessa Celedine's exclusive store is less than stellar, and it may cost the fashion diva fifty million dollars. But Danessa's financial future becomes moot Read more...



Just Murdered
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
May 3, 2005


Helen Hawthorne is on the run, trying to stay one step ahead of her past—and one paycheck ahead of disaster. To make it, she jumps from one dead-end job to another. Luckily, she's Read more...



Drop-Dead Blonde
February 1, 2005


Only the coroner knows for sure... They're beautiful blondes with style, money, and men falling at their feet. But now these perfect women are becoming perfect victims. In Drop Dead Blonde, Read more...



Dying to Call You
(A Dead-End Job Mystery)
October 5, 2004


Once on the fast track to success, Helen Hawthorne is going nowhere faster. Forced to trade in her chic life for a shabby one, she's now on the run, jumping Read more...



Murder Between the Covers
December 2, 2003


Helen has a new job "off the books" at Page Turners bookstore in Fort Lauderdale...until the owner is murdered. But since the arrogant Page Turner III had so many enemies, Read more...



Shop Till You Drop
May 6, 2003




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