Dying to Call You

From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Vietsthe thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.

Still living under the radar in Fort Lauderdale due to her refusal to pay her ex-husband's spousal support, Helen Hawthorne's latest workaday job might just be the lowest rung on the employment laddertelemarketing. She's spending her hours interrupting dinners and disturbing slumbers, and in return hearing curses and extremely rude suggestions.

Then, while Helen is conducting a phone survey with the wealthy Henry "Hank" Asporth, he puts the receiver down without hanging upand Helen can't believe what she hears next. She can just make out a man and a woman arguing, a short scream cut off by a horrible choking sound, then an eerie silence followed by a final "click."

Convinced she just heard a murder being committedbut with no solid proofHelen is driven to find out what really happened with Hank and the mystery woman. But if she's not careful, she just might end up holding a dead line of her own

Praise for the Dead-End Job Mysteries by Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets

"A stubborn and intelligent heroine, a wonderful South Florida setting, and a cast of more-or-less lethal bimbos...I loved this book."Charlaine Harris
"Brave Viets preps by actually working the jobs she describes in loving and hilarious detail, giving her offbeat series a healthy balance between the banal and the bizarre." Kirkus Reviews
"Laugh-out-loud comedy with enough twists and turns to make it to the top of the mystery bestseller charts." Florida Today
"Fans of Janet Evanovich and Parnell Hall will appreciate Viets's humor."South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Wit, murder, and sunshine . . . it must be Florida. I love this new series."Nancy Pickard
"A heroine with a sense of humor and a gift for snappy dialogue."Jane Heller

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