Looks to Die For
Starred Review.Having collaborated on three books with Lynn Schnurnberger (The Men I Didn't Marry, etc.), Kaplan flies solo in  this zany crime novel introducing ace amateur sleuth Lacy Fields. A well-heeled  Los Angeles matron and celebrity interior designer giddy about clothes,  furniture and keeping up with the Joneses, Lacy adores her children and her  glamorous hubby, Dr. Dan, a popular plastic surgeon known as the "Saint of  Hollywood." When Dan's arrested for the murder of Tasha Barlow, a young  actress, and the police and even Dan's attorney believe he's guilty, the  devastated Lacy launches her own no-holds barred investigation. Lacy survives  tangling with an ex-con, arriving at George Clooney's movie-set trailer in  nothing but La Perla lingerie, finding a dead body in the trunk of her Lexus  and wrestling with a crazed commercial producer. Name-dropping, price-quoting  Lacy is a hoot as she makes the best of many tight situations, like the time  she wore "that size 6 Dolce & Gabbana gown to a charity ball." Suspense  fans looking for frothy, wacky fun will be well rewarded.8-city author tour.(Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.