Over Her Dead Body
Jul 2005 · Bailey Weggins Mysteries Book 4 · Hachette+ORM
star
5 reviews
Ebook
464
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
New York Times bestselling author and former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Kate White knows firsthand that the magazine business is murder.
The smart and gutsy crime writer Bailey Weggins returns for a case set against the glossy pages of a celebrity rag where somebody is about to give Bailey's new boss a lethal deadline. Talk about rapid turnover-in a matter of days Bailey Weggins gets axed from one New York magazine and hired by another. Her new job at Buzz, a weekly filled with sizzling gossip, has Bailey covering celebrity crime, including the starlet who got caught stuffing Fendi purses down her pants and the aging hunk who shot his lover with a Magnum.
Bailey doesn't have to look far for her next story: she finds her boss, Mona Hodges, gasping her last breath after being bludgeoned with a blunt object. A raging tyrant, Mona made Buzz a top 'zine but racked up an impressive list of enemies along the way. Everyone from a chubby singer she dubbed "Fat Chance" to a mail guy she once reamed out would be glad to see Mona six feet under. And Bailey Weggins intends to get the scoop on whodunit even though one of her closest friends is at the top of the suspects list.
With her strappy sandals in one hand and her cell phone in the other, Bailey's out hunting for clues everywhere from the mean streets of Brooklyn's Little Odessa to a posh company picnic in the Hamptons. In just about a New York minute she's got a crush on a sexy filmmaker-and some scary insight into her boss's murder. The first can give her the hot summer fling she's itching to have. The second can get her killed...
The smart and gutsy crime writer Bailey Weggins returns for a case set against the glossy pages of a celebrity rag where somebody is about to give Bailey's new boss a lethal deadline. Talk about rapid turnover-in a matter of days Bailey Weggins gets axed from one New York magazine and hired by another. Her new job at Buzz, a weekly filled with sizzling gossip, has Bailey covering celebrity crime, including the starlet who got caught stuffing Fendi purses down her pants and the aging hunk who shot his lover with a Magnum.
Bailey doesn't have to look far for her next story: she finds her boss, Mona Hodges, gasping her last breath after being bludgeoned with a blunt object. A raging tyrant, Mona made Buzz a top 'zine but racked up an impressive list of enemies along the way. Everyone from a chubby singer she dubbed "Fat Chance" to a mail guy she once reamed out would be glad to see Mona six feet under. And Bailey Weggins intends to get the scoop on whodunit even though one of her closest friends is at the top of the suspects list.
With her strappy sandals in one hand and her cell phone in the other, Bailey's out hunting for clues everywhere from the mean streets of Brooklyn's Little Odessa to a posh company picnic in the Hamptons. In just about a New York minute she's got a crush on a sexy filmmaker-and some scary insight into her boss's murder. The first can give her the hot summer fling she's itching to have. The second can get her killed...
New York Times bestselling author and former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Kate White knows firsthand that the magazine business is murder.
The smart and gutsy crime writer Bailey Weggins returns for a case set against the glossy pages of a celebrity rag where somebody is about to give Bailey's n...
Discover more
Ratings and reviews
5 reviews
A Google user
- Flag inappropriate
January 14, 2012
A. It was one of the few available at our community library, which permits check-outs on the honor system. Since we were driving away from home for six weeks, I needed something that would not have a due date, and this was it.
Q. What did you think?
A. It really wasn't that good. It was like the author imagined, "Okay, now I work as a freelance magazine journalist, writing about celebrity crimes. Now how can I write a real thriller-mystery story that people will want to buy (even if they don't read it)."
Q. So what's wrong with that scenario?
A. You could smell the contrivance, that's what. Sure, all novelists, including mystery writers, are contriving plots, but if they are good, you can't smell them coming. This one reeked of contrivance. To top it off, the author throws in what I thought was a colossally contrived love affair between the protagonist, Bailey, and a photographer she meets in passing. It's love at first sight. Yeah, right.
Q. Hey, it happens.
A. I guess, but it just smells contrived. Her name bugs me, too, Bailey. Why is it that after about 1980 everyone started naming their kids with last names? Why can't they be just regular Susans or Claudias or Marys even? Why can't they name their kids just plain Jane? Too last year?
Q. Yes, of course, it's a new style, a fad, and it's still going on today, 2012.
A. It stinks. I'll be glad when the fad is over, but by then they'll be scratching their graffiti on my burial urn, I suppose. By the way, what's your first name?
Q. O'Connor.
A. Oh, sorry, I guess I got a little carried away.
Q. So you don't recommend this book, audio or otherwise?
A. No, but I'm a male. I never get into female leads that much. Women may identify more with Bailey. As for me, if I ever meet Bailey or anyone resembling her, I'll know to turn and run right away. They'll kill you.
Ashley Wilson
- Flag inappropriate
July 27, 2024
Good
About the author
Kate White is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve murder mysteries and thrillers and several hugely popular career books, including I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve, and Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do. For 14 years, White was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, where she increased overall circulation by thirty percent and made Cosmo the #1 magazine in the U.S. in single copy sales.
Kate White is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve murder mysteries and thrillers and several hugely popular career books, including I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve, and Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead but ...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
