Undercover in High Heels [Mass Market Paperback]

Gemma Halliday (Author)

Book Description

Series: High Heels | Publication Date: September 2007

Secret affairs, hunky gardeners, and housewives desperate enough to bare it all... welcome to Magnolia Lane, TV's newest hit show. As the new wardrobe assistant, shoe designer Maddie Springer is in fashion heaven. But then a young starlet is found dead. Now it's up to Maddie to sift through a secretive leading lady, an actor on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a sexy cyber scandal, and one tabloid reporter who'll stop at nothing to get the story of the century. Not to mention her tangles with the infuriatingly sexy lead detective, Jack Ramirez. In a biz where lies and deception earn Emmys, Maddie will have to play the role of a lifetime to catch Hollywood's hottest killer. But if she doesn't watch her step, Maddie's fifteen minutes of fame just may be her last.

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Los Angeles shoe designer Maddie Springer is all set for her date with detective Jack Ramirez when he calls to cancel because he has to meet someone. She confronts him at a notorious pickup joint, where, sure enough, he's at a table with a gorgeous woman who turrns out to be a reluctant informant who doesn't take kindly to Maddie's freak-out. Jack isn't happy either when he's reassigned to babysit an actress on the popular nighttime soap Magnolia Lane who is being stalked. The irrepressible Maddie feels awful, so she gets a job in the wardrobe department of the show to try to help Jack identify the stalker. So begins the third installment in Halliday's charming and funny High Heels series. As Maddie stumbles onto quirky characters on and off the set and dangerous situations that could really put a crimp in her love life, the body count rises. Halliday is on top of her game, and readers will love Maddie's new adventure. Hatton, Maria

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Making It (September 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843958340
• ISBN-13: 978-0843958348
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Mystery With Style, September 11, 2007

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Melia Galloway - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Undercover in High Heels (Mass Market Paperback)

Undercover in High Heels is a very fun and humorous mystery. The plot is simple enough and the mystery was very obvious, but what really makes this book is the great characters.

Maddie is spunky, tenacious, and great fun. She certainly isn't qualified for the roll she assumes, which causes her to stumble through the mysteries and mostly solves them by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, this adds to the overall humor of the book. All the secondary characters are also great. Jack Ramirez is a sexy and realistic character who cares about Maddie, even if he isn't sure how to deal with her antics. Dana, Maddie's best friend, is a sex addict trying to get help for her addiction which adds for some funny situations and moments. We also get to see more into the Tabloid reporter, Felix. He is the mysterious character who Maddie isn't quite sure how to react to. Maddie thinks she dislikes Felix, but it seems more like she doesn't wish to accept that she does actually like him. I am waiting to see what happens between Felix and Maddie, as there is some tension between the two that hopefully will be explored in later novels.

Overall this was a very enjoyable read and I am really liking this series. Granted, there are some incidents within this book that seems too convenient and sometimes not realistic, but the lightheartedness this book is going for seems to make it work. So if you are looking for a simple romantic-mystery with a delicious guy, then I highly recommend Undercover in High Heels for a nice lazy weekend.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cutesy, January 3, 2008

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Butterscotch (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Undercover in High Heels (Mass Market Paperback)

Maddie Springer isn't a PI and she isn't an officer of the law either, but she acts like one. Trouble seems to follow her wherever she goes and, if it doesn't, she makes trouble for herself. In this book Maddie and her friend Dana find themselves on the set of 'Magnolia Lane', a hit television series. Murder and mayhem soon follow Maddie to the set and, despite the danger, she continues pursuing leads and people of interest. Her boyfriend, Jack Ramirez, is a detective with the local police but, of course, Maddie is the one to solve the crime. In order to figure out who is responsible for the on-set murders, Maddie enlists the help of several people, including her reporter friend from several earlier books, Felix. Her romance with Ramirez also goes to a new level in this book but, Maddie seems much better suited to Felix. The book is a combo of chick-lit and light mystery; a fun read but zero substance.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kickin' mystery & romance...., September 10, 2007

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Leslie Todd (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Undercover in High Heels (Mass Market Paperback)

with a lot of comedy. Maddie and Ramirez still have a sizzling romance, or do they? Maddie is so insecure she starts checking up on Ramirez and gets him in a lot of trouble. She and Dana get jobs on a TV studio to try and help Ramirez with hilarious results.

There are two mystery storylines going on here. Maddie has a stalker, and at the same time she's investigating a murder on the set. These story lines cross and interact in interesting ways with each other.

Maddie is still working on her children's shoe designs and is developing her own line. One of her shoe designs becomes an instant hit in an unusual way. I don't want to ruin the fun so you'll have to read it for yourself.

If you like light comedic mysteries with a hot guy thrown in you'll love this third book in the series.