The Chelsea Girl Murders (Robin Hudson Mysteries #5)
Robin Hudson has reason to believe that the only cosmic order ruling her  existence is Murphy's Law. What else could a woman think when her pious, next- door neighbor's electric Jesus display shorts out and burns down their East  Village apartment building? Bad enough that she's just returned from a  disastrous PR trip for TV network WNN. Who knew that touching Thai children's  heads put a curse on them, or that in Russia, an even number of flowers is  appropriate only for a funeral, not for a dinner party? Who knew that certain  colleagues are plotting to oust her from the network, and that Pierre, her  recent French fling, isn't calling. Now she's homeless. It's a good thing her  friend Tamayo has offered her the use of an apartment in the famed artists'  haven, the Chelsea. A little peace and quiet in an artistic setting is just what  Robin needs.But when a teenager named Nadia shows up on Tamayo's doorstep eager to be  reunited with her fiancé, courtesy of Tamayo's underground lovers' railroad,  Robin finds herself playing nurse to a spoiled-rotten Juliet. And when Nadia  goes missing before her Romeo (Rocky) arrives, the next person at the door is  enough to cross anyone's stars: Gerald Woznik--art dealer, lecher, and all- around cad, who stumbles across the threshold and inconsiderately dies.Between finding Nadia, feeding Rocky, and fending off the police, Robin embarks  on a one-woman campaign to solve the woes of the world--and opens a sizeable can  of worms. What was socialite Grace Rouse doing clinging to the Chelsea fire  escape the night Gerald was murdered? Why is art doyenne Miriam Grundy lying  about meeting Nadia? And who is the "Baby" that everyone is talking about?More comic novel than mystery,The Chelsea Girl Murderstakes its readers  on a rollicking jaunt through the Big Apple. Whodunit isn't nearly as important  as what's-Robin-gonna-do-about-it, and some of her solutions are pricelessly  funny. As in her previous Robin Hudson outings (Revenge of the Cootie  Girls,Nice Girls Finish Last,What's A Girl Gotta Do,The  Last Manly Man), Sparkle Hayter's observations on New Yorkers and their  loony obsessions have just the right dash of caustic wit. Fans of Janet  Evanovich's Stephanie Plum can add another star to the pantheon of Northeasternfemmes formidables.--Kelly Flynn--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.