Nora Blackbird may have been to the manor borne, but these days money is so tight, she can' t afford to lose her job as a society columnist. So when her new boss at the Philadelphia Intelligencer-- Australian tabloid editor Gus Hardwicke-- tells her to work the celebrity gossip beat or start checking the want ads, the choice is easy. Now Nora' s writing a profile on billionaire fashion designer Swain Starr, who recently retired to build a high-tech organic farm with his new wife, Zephyr, a former supermodel. But before Nora can get the story, the mogul is murdered. And now Gus wants her to snap up an exclusive on who killed Starr before the cops do. But solving a celebrity murder isn' t easy with a home life as colorful as Nora' s. Her sort-of-husband, Mick, a former mobster, is associating once again with unsavory characters. Her sister Libby is on a mission to get her diabolical twins on stage or screen with the help of an unscrupulous former child star. And the youngest Blackbird sister, Emma, just got kicked out of the house by Mick-- who refuses to explain why. If anything can bring the blue-blooded Blackbird sisters together, it' s a murder investigation involving high-society events, glamorous people, and the disappearance of a genetically perfect pig that may or may not be basking in the sun at Blackbird Farm. They' ll all have to pull together this time, because if Nora can' t bring home the bacon, she might have to exchange her bucolic estate for a cramped walk-up.
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“The Blackbird Sisters mysteries are charming, fun, humorous, and enchanting, with complicated, fully satisfying characters. Though this is the series ninth, Martin is an expert at taking the new reader along. This is a don’t-miss series and if you haven’t read it and get to start at the beginning, I envy you.”
— RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)
“Despite the large cast, Martin keeps the story tight as she smoothly weaves together Blackbird and Starr family dramas.”
— Publishers Weekly“Martin’s ninth Blackbird sisters entry pushes the envelope over a cliff.”
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Nancy Martin, winner of the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award for Mystery Writing from Romantic Times magazine, is the bestselling author of almost fifty novels in the mystery, suspense, historical, and romance genres. She is the author of the Blackbird Sisters mystery series, and she has been nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery.
Kate Baldwin is an acclaimed musical theater star. She has appeared in the Broadway casts of The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Wonderful Town, and starred in numerous productions including Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Women, Henry V, and South Pacific, earning a Helen Hayes Award nomination. Kate is also a singer, and has performed in concert with the New York Pops, the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and at the legendary New York nightclubs like Feinstein’s, Birdland and most recently, 54 Below. She has released two albums. Kate is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn, New York.