Dating Can Be Deadly — Victoria Pade

A BLIND DATE WITH DEATH

It's not easy getting back into the dating scene after fourteen years of marriage and eight years as a divorcee. But armed with a gift certificate to the New You Center for Dating, Jimi Plain is headed for action, thanks to her determined grandmother and two teenage daughters. The problems begin when she arrives early for her videotaped interview and finds her drop-dead-gorgeous dating counselor...dead.

Is it a crime of passion, the work of a disgruntled dater, or something even more insidious? As Jimi eases into courses designed to whip her into marketable shape, she scouts suspects: the aggressively charming owner, the buff trainers, the flirtatious counselors--and the lovelorn clients. When Jimi's own budding social life takes a dangerous turn, she gets the message: she's too close for comfort. But it's too late to leave the sleuthing to her detective cousin. The killer has just struck again. And Jimi thinks she knows who's next....