num_pages: 323
description: “ Dating Dead Men , Harley Jane Kozak’s hilarious debut novel, proves that the search for love can be as funny as it is deadly.”—Kris Neri, author of the Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton mysteriesLos Angeles greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley is dating forty men in sixty days as research for a radio talk show host's upcoming book, How to Avoid Getting Dumped All the Time . Wollie is meeting plenty of eligible bachelors but not falling in love, not until she stumbles over a dead body en route to Rio Pescado--a state-run mental hospital--and is momentarily taken hostage by a charismatic "doctor" who is on the run from the Mob. Wollie fears that her beloved brother, a paranoid schizophrenic living at Rio Pescado, is involved in the murder, so rather than go to the authorities, she decides to solve the crime on her own. As she meets up with an array of small-time crooks and swaggering mobsters only slightly more sinister than the men she’s been dating, Wollie realizes that "getting dumped" is the least of her problems. Finding true love, she discovers, sometimes means learning how to avoid getting killed . . .Dating Dead Men will keep readers guessing until the final bullet is shot--and cheering for the irresistible Wollie as she makes her way out of confusion and into the welcoming embrace of Mr. Right.
language: English
title: Dating Dead Men
titlecomplete: Dating Dead Men (Wollie Shelley Mystery #1)
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Humor, Romance, Mystery Thriller, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2060
places: Los Angeles, California
series: Wollie Shelley Mystery
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Crown