A Bad Hair Day: An Eclaire Mystery [Paperback]

Sophie Dunbar (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (1996)
• ASIN: B000OTC3I4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Full bodied characters who like to brag about it., July 11, 2000

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Brenda "MYSHELFDOTCOM" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A BAD HAIR DAY/AN ECLAIRE MYSTERY (Eclaire Mysteries) (Paperback)

A BAD HAIR DAY is the third title in Sophie Dunbar's Eclaire Mystery Series. In A BAD HAIR DAY Claire agrees to join other New Orleans hairdressers in a special hair day promotion being put on by a good friend. Little does she know that what is to be a fun day for all will be the final day for one. The promotion takes place in October so in the mist of solving two grizzly murders Claire and Dan are invited to a lively Halloween party. Those coming back from the previous mysteries are, Marcel who is putting on the special promotion; his most recent love, detective/model Nectarine and Dan's parents. Ms. Dunbar unique talent really stands out in her writing. In each mystery the first chapter/page sets up the story line, yet does not really give anything away, other than Claire's feelings sometimes. I like the way she sets the reader up for each chapter. And the ideas she has come up with for doing away with her victims, I think I can safely say most if not all of them are original ideas yet to be thought up by others.

It's a funny, entertaining series.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anyone who enters Eclaire will never have a bad hair read, October 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A BAD HAIR DAY/AN ECLAIRE MYSTERY (Eclaire Mysteries) (Paperback)

It has been two blissful months since New Orleans upscale attorney Dan Clairborne remarried his beloved Cajun wife, Claire, a renowned hairdresser at Eclaire's. Claire agrees to take part in her former teacher Marcel Barrineau's latest seminar, A BAD HAIR DAY. Individuals with major hair problems would visit Marcel's institute where experts would work on their hair for a nominal fee.

However, just prior to the opening of the institute, a rash of crime hits the beauty business when two salons are trashed and a stylist is killed. In spite of the tragedy, Marcel's debut is a smashing success as the media provides full coverage and there is a turn away clientele. However, misfortune strikes when a customer is murdered while getting a perm. Claire and company try to discover what has turned their industry into such an ugly business. However, the culprit will not allow anyone to interfere with his master plan even if he has to kill them to eliminate the threat.

Sophie Dunbar does not have a bad hair novel as she stylishly imbues humor within a crafty romantic mystery. Like the previous "Eclaire" novels, A BAD HAIR DAY consists of a terrific, rapidly moving plot and characters with appeal to romance and mystery buffs. This user friendly series is deservedly on the verge of exploding onto all the bestseller lists.

Harriet Klausner

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KEPT ME LAUGHING!!!!, January 4, 1999

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Andrea Kianes - See all my reviews

This review is from: A BAD HAIR DAY/AN ECLAIRE MYSTERY (Eclaire Mysteries) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book, I finished it in one day it was very difficult to put it down. Sophie Dunbar's writing pulls you into the story to where you feel like you are a part of it. The characters are VERY colorful and fun. A MUST BUY!!!