Product Description

Twin sisters Kerry and Terry McAfee are well on their way to becoming Los Angeles’s most notorious PIs. With their bright red hair, canine sidekicks, and preferred mode of transportation--a hot-pink Harley--the girls are quickly getting a reputation for more than just sleuthing skills. So after nabbing the Butcher of Beverly Hills, they decide to take some time off and lay low for a while.

But then the girls’ rich Aunt Reba calls with the news that she’s found a decapitated body in her new Malibu beach house. Kerry insists that they call the police—partly because she hopes to catch a glimpse of her former flame, the hunky Detective John Boatwright. But no sooner do the cops begin investigating than Reba and the girls are shocked by the arrival of their Cousin Robert—carrying a blond-haired head in a mesh bag with no memory of where he’s been.

Now it’s up to the twins to find the real killer, as Reba and Robert face the prospect of life behind bars. As they search for clues, Kerry and Terry find themselves dealing with Mafia movie producers, wacko cultists, has-been actresses, and even visitors from outer space. With a razor-sharp wit that brilliantly brings to life L.A.’s most eccentric personalities, The Mangler of Malibu Canyon is fast-paced, sexy, and more fun than a ride down the Pacific Coast Highway.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1136906 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-13
• Released on: 2006-06-13
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .62 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

From Publishers Weekly
After kicking some hijackers' butts on a plane arriving at LAX, PI twin sisters Kerry and Terry McAfee get on their pink Harley, zip onto the Pacific Coast Highway and cruise into Malibu for their second crime-solving romp (after 2005's The Butcher of Beverly Hills). Their wealthy great-aunt, Reba, and her middle-aged Ding Dong–addicted son, Robert, who's missing from a posh rehab facility, are in big trouble. After a headless corpse turns up rolled in a rug stashed in Reba's new Malibu digs and Robert surfaces with the matching head, both relatives are arrested and hustled off to jail. In their search for the real killer, the sleuthing sisters dodge a deadly over-the-hill TV actress, mobsters, New Age chicanery, far-out cosmic connections and a cheesy film producer. If the slaphappy plot defies believability, Kerry (the boy-crazy twin addicted to law enforcement types with big guns) and Terry (the twin who goes for leggy ladies) provide plenty of laughs. (June)
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From Booklist
The second installment of Colt's engaging series opens with the McAfee twins, Kerry and Terry, stopping an attempted terrorist takeover of an L.A.-bound plane. Things don't slow down when the pair arrives home: their Aunt Reba has found a woman's body rolled up in a rug at her Malibu home, and her son, Robbie, who is supposed to be in rehab, shows up disoriented and carrying the woman's head. When the police arrive, both Reba and Robbie confess to the murder, each hoping to cover for the other and forcing the twins to hunt down the real killer. Their investigation leads them to an aging starlet, her slimy movie-producer ex-husband, a spa for horses, and an alien-worshipping cult. A wild, entertaining romp anchored by its very different but equally likable heroines. Kristine Huntley
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Review

Praise for The Butcher of Beverly Hills:

“A charming romp of a debut mystery,”—Chicago Sun-Times

“A fast-paced, gum-snapping, snarky chick lit mystery with sparkle to spare.”—Publishers Weekly

“Sparkles as bright as a Beverly Hills diamond…. Colt has a winner with this series of zippy, screwball, and ultra-hip mysteries.”—Julie Kenner, national bestselling author of The Givenchy Code and The Manolo Matrix