num_pages: 272
description: 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, Helen hustles a selection of canine cuisine and couture that beats anything in her own fridge or closet. And when Helen goes to deliver a dog to a client, she finds the blonde trophy wife stretchedout naked by her pool, a pair of ten-inch grooming scissors sticking out of her chest. Later that same day, a valuable labradoodle puppy is kidnapped from the boutique.  All eyes turn to Helen as the main suspect, and with a hurricane headed straight for South Florida, Helen's got to find the killer and come clean, or else her new life will be gone with the wind.
language: English
title: Murder Unleashed
titlecomplete: Murder Unleashed (Dead-End Job Mystery, #5)
genres: Mystery Thriller, Humor, Animals, Contemporary, Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Chick Lit, Mystery
ratings_count: 1468
series: A Dead-End Job Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Lefty Award
publisher: NAL Hardcover