Murder, Curlers, and Cream: A Valentine Beaumont Mystery (The Murder, Curlers Series Book 1)

by Arlene McFarlane

Series: The Murder, Curlers Series (1)

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Fiction. Mystery. Romance. Suspense. HTML: "Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!" �??Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author She's a beautician with a plummeting reputation. Can she catch a strangler before her salon is financially frizzed out? /> Valentine Beaumont is desperate to revive her dying business. Trying to recover from an infamous incident where she defended herself with a perm rod to her attacker's privates, the last thing she needs is another scandal. So when a wealthy socialite is strangled with a steamer cord while awaiting her facial, Valentine has no choice but to start combing through clues. Battling a sexy, hard-headed detective who can't tell pigtails from a pompadour, Valentine is convinced he's pursuing the wrong suspect. And despite his warning not to meddle, the gutsy stylist vows to clear her name before the killer claims another client. Can Valentine tie up the culprit before more lives are cut short? Murder, Curlers & Cream is the first book in the hilarious Valentine Beaumont Mystery series. If you like ambitious heroines, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and unlikely romances, you'll love Arlene McFarlane's clever tale! Buy Murder, Curlers & Cream to detangle a deadly case today! Arlene McFarlane is the USA Today bestselling author of the Murder, Curlers series. Previously an aesthetician, hairstylist, and owner of a full-service salon, Arlene now writes full time. When she's not making up stories, or being a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, cat-mom, or makeover artist, you'll find her making music on the piano. Arlene is a member of Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Toronto Romance Writers, SOWG, and the Golden Network. She's won and placed in over 30 contests, including twice in the Golden Heart and twice in the Daphne du Maurier. Arlene lives with her family in Canada.… (more)

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If you are looking for crazy antics in the style of Stephanie Plum then you’ll want to check out Murder, Curlers, and Cream by Arlene McFalane. If you are looking for a traditional cozy mystery, this one may not be for you.

I really enjoyed it because I was a fan of Janet Evanovich, but stopped reading her around book 17 because I just couldn’t handle the love triangle anymore, and I’ve been looking for a new series to take its place. A love triangle hasn’t started up yet in the series, but it looks like in book two, Jock deMarco will start working at Valentine’s salon, so we shall see if a love triangle develops between those two and Detective Romero. As long as it’s well written and doesn’t drag on then I’m good.

The crazy antics of her employees and the locals who stop by are what really had me enjoying this book. Max is awesome and I can’t wait to read more of his snark, and I am also looking forward to more of Val’s meddling mom. Phylis was a horrible character, but McFarlane wrote her so well! And what Phylis did to the customers added a cringe worthy level of humor to the book.

If you’re looking for a light mystery with lots of steamy thoughts of sex, snarky employees, buildings on fire, kidnappings, and a lot more crazy shenanigans then you will want to start reading the Valentine Beaumont Mysteries! (

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KimHeniadis | Oct 25, 2020 |

This was such a fun read! I new it would be as soon as I saw the cover. It had laugh out loud moments, and I was even forced to roll my eyes a time or two. If you're looking for something to keep your attention on the bus or plane, this book will do it, you won't even care who crowed the bus/plane is. (

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AprilKennedyAHP | Jul 25, 2019 |

I liked the start where you come in slap bang in the middle of the murder investigation. But then pages and pages were devoted to the romance (or obsessive non-romance rather) and the attributes of the lead police detective. I put the book down at that point! (

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Fiction. Mystery. Romance. Suspense. HTML:

"Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!" �??Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author

She's a beautician with a plummeting reputation. Can she catch a strangler before her salon is financially frizzed out?

Valentine Beaumont is desperate to revive her dying business. Trying to recover from an infamous incident where she defended herself with a perm rod to her attacker's privates, the last thing she needs is another scandal. So when a wealthy socialite is strangled with a steamer cord while awaiting her facial, Valentine has no choice but to start combing through clues.

Battling a sexy, hard-headed detective who can't tell pigtails from a pompadour, Valentine is convinced he's pursuing the wrong suspect. And despite his warning not to meddle, the gutsy stylist vows to clear her name before the killer claims another client.

Can Valentine tie up the culprit before more lives are cut short?

Murder, Curlers & Cream is the first book in the hilarious Valentine Beaumont Mystery series. If you like ambitious heroines, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and unlikely romances, you'll love Arlene McFarlane's clever tale!

Buy Murder, Curlers & Cream to detangle a deadly case today!

Arlene McFarlane is the USA Today bestselling author of the Murder, Curlers series. Previously an aesthetician, hairstylist, and owner of a full-service salon, Arlene now writes full time. When she's not making up stories, or being a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, cat-mom, or makeover artist, you'll find her making music on the piano.

Arlene is a member of Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Toronto Romance Writers, SOWG, and the Golden Network. She's won and placed in over 30 contests, including twice in the Golden Heart and twice in the Daphne du Maurier.

Arlene lives with her family in Canada.

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