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Bubbles Yablonsky, everyoneÂs favorite flaky hairdresser/ reporter/amateur sleuth, goes all the way in this latest wacky mystery starring the woman Jennifer Crusie calls ÂPennsylvaniaÂs answer to Erin Brockovich... YouÂre going to love her!ÂAfter a cat fight at a stuffy historical society meeting nearly kills her career, Bubbles is given just one week to prove her worth to her editors at the News-Timesand earn a real job there by cracking her biggest story ever finding out who really murdered Carol WeaverÂs steel-executive husband with cyanide-tipped fingernails. More than CarolÂs own jail sentence for the homicide is riding on BubblesÂs investigation. Also at stakeÂuncovering possible corruption in the steel industry at the highest level.Nothing will deter Bubbles this time! Not trying to drive with a cell phone in one hand and a mascara wand in the other. Not the shenanigans of mother LuLu, the pressure of getting daughter Jane into a good college (maybe Princeton, maybe Two Guys Community), or the roadblocks posed by JaneÂs ever-clueless boyfriend G. Not even hunky, gonzo photojournalist Steve Stiletto, who takes Bubbles to bed in a scene so steamy it finally puts pay to her Mel Gibson crush. Gutsy, intuitive, and delivering her best one-liners along with beauty recipes, Bubbles is Âbehind the wheel, and a wild ride awaits (Publishers Weekly). ItÂs all in a dayÂs work for a broad like Bubbles.
Author Notes
Sarah Strohmeyer grew up in Bethlehem, PA, & is a former newspaper reporter. Her previous book is "Barbie Unbound: A Parody of the Barbie Obsession". She lives outside of Montpelier, VT, with her husband & two children.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Broad humor, in more than one sense, permeates Strohmeyer's fourth amusing adventure (after 2003's Bubbles Ablaze) of Bubbles Yablonsky, Lehigh, Pa.'s unique combination of hairdresser, single mother, aspiring journalist and bumbling sleuth. Bubbles doesn't so much solve a crime as wait until all the dust settles and then see what's left standing. While the management and the workers at Lehigh Steel wage class war, the irrepressible Bubbles tries to parlay her degree from Two Guys Community College and a one-week tryout at the News-Times into a full-time reporting gig. The appearance on her doorstep of Carol Weaver, convicted for the murder of her husband, a Lehigh Steel executive, newly escaped from prison and claiming that someone is trying to kill her, may be just the break Bubbles needs. Strohmeyer expertly plays Bubbles's blue-collar working class background against the monolithic Lehigh Steel's country club types and their wives. On the other hand, Strohmeyer's targets are so big that just hitting them isn't enough, and the frequent bull's-eyes don't impress as much as they might. Bubbles may be Two Guys' "Biggest Loser Ever," but she's good-hearted, persistent and very, very funny. Agent, Heather Schroder at ICM. (On sale June 7) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Would-be reporter Bubbles Yablonsky (Bubbles Ablaze, 2003, etc.) sticks her nose for news into a hornets' nest and lands in trouble up to her cellulite-free wazoowey. Determined to leave behind her hairdressing career and snag the berth on the Lehigh News-Times that her seven-year stint at Two Guys Community College prepared her for, Bubbles talks night editor Tony Salvo into giving her a two-week tryout. Unfortunately, her first assignment--covering the Lehigh Historical Society's meeting at the Moon Inn--pairs her with photographer Lorena Ludwig, who, halfway through the meeting, recognizes Bubbles as the stylist who accidentally dissolved her hair two hours before her wedding. Lorena lashes out at both Bubbles and social-climbing Susan Morse, and the ensuing brawl gets Bubbles hauled before managing editor Dix Notch, who'd love to can her. But Bubbles has an ace up her sleeve. She's talked with Carol Weaver, a convicted killer on the lam, who swears her executive husband Hal's death was actually part of a Lehigh Steel coverup. Bubbles convinces publisher Bill Graham to let her investigate. After she's shot at and stalked, hunky photographer Steve Stiletto stashes Bubbles chastely in the bedroom of his Saucon Valley mansion. From there, the race is on: Will Bubbles nail her story and her man before a killer with cyanide-tipped digits nails her? Strohmeyer's sharp dialogue gives her fourth an edge even Bubbles's clippers can't match. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Library Journal Review
Captivating series heroine Bubbles Yablonsky, hairdresser and aspiring reporter, will lose her newspaper job unless she can discover and write about who really killed a jailed woman's steel-executive husband. Colorful characters reappear as well, including her crazy mama, her college-hopeful daughter, and her now-requited photographer/ boyfriend. Highly recommended. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.