High Heels are Murder — Elaine Viets

Mystery shopper--and solver--Josie Marcus made her debut in Dying in Style. Now Elaine Viets brings back the undercover retail spy and single mom, who's out to change the world one boutique at a time....

There are some major benefits to Josie's job--like, oh, getting paid to shoe shop. But on the flip side, there are sleazes to deal with...like salesman Mel Poulaine. His employer, the chichi Soft Shoe store, thinks the heel's a little too interested in his line of work--namely, handling women's bare feet. So they hire Josie to mystery-shop their St. Louis store and see whether Mel should get the boot. But one thing leads to another, and Josie finds herself in St. Louis's seedy underbelly. Before long, she gets caught up in a web of gambling, blackmail, and truly desperate housewives. And she hopes against hope that she won't end up murdered in Manolos....