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Murder, Curlers, and Cream: A Valentine Beaumont Mystery (The Murder, Curlers Series Book 1) by [Arlene McFarlane]

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“Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!” —Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author

She’s a beautician with a plummeting reputation. Can she catch a strangler before her salon is financially frizzed out?

Valentine Beaumont is desperate to revive her dying business. Trying to recover from an infamous incident where she defended herself with a perm rod to her attacker’s privates, the last thing she needs is another scandal. So when a wealthy socialite is strangled with a steamer cord while awaiting her facial, Valentine has no choice but to start combing through clues.

Battling a sexy, hard-headed detective who can’t tell pigtails from a pompadour, Valentine is convinced he’s pursuing the wrong suspect. And despite his warning not to meddle, the gutsy stylist vows to clear her name before the killer claims another client.

Can Valentine tie up the culprit before more lives are cut short?

Murder, Curlers & Cream is the first book in the hilarious Valentine Beaumont Mystery series. If you like ambitious heroines, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and unlikely romances, you’ll love Arlene McFarlane’s clever tale!

Buy Murder, Curlers & Cream to detangle a deadly case today!

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Arlene McFarlane is the author of the Murder, Curlers series. Previously an aesthetician, hairstylist, and owner of a full-service salon, Arlene now writes full time. When she's not making up stories or being a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, cat-mom, or makeover artist, you'll find her making music on the piano. Arlene lives with her family in Canada. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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"Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!" -Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M3RMQMG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ ParadiseDeer Publishing (8 November 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Arlene McFarlane is the USA Today bestselling author of the Murder, Curlers series. She’s won and placed in over 30 contests, including the Readers’ Favorite Book Awards, the Golden Heart®, the Daphne du Maurier, and the Chanticleer International Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards. She's also received a Voice Arts nomination for her audiobook, Murder, Curlers & Cream. The nomination landed her in L.A. where she walked the red carpet at Warner Bros. Studios.

Previously an aesthetician and salon owner, Arlene still dabbles in the beauty industry. She’s also an accomplished pianist. When time allows, she plays publicly and posts makeovers on her website.

Arlene lives with her family in Canada.

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Slivvie

Couldn’t get interested

Reviewed in Australia on 12 January 2019

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The lead character kept mentioning a previous murder so much, I wondered if this was a second book in a series. But no, this is the first, so the aforementioned murder became quite tedious without an explanation.
The characters were one dimensional, none I could like or empathize with. Very little background or description given of them so they just became a muddle.
A family secret promise made was referred to constantly but never explained.
There wasn’t much to like about this book.

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Daranem

Lots of fun

Reviewed in Australia on 17 April 2018

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This is a cozy with a difference in that there's a good mystery and plot, whilst typical for this genre, the book is light on character development, it still manages to create credible characters . My only complaint is that the heroine was such a klutz and borderline on dizzy.

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Trish

Excellent

Reviewed in Australia on 10 October 2018

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Excellent really worth reading is funny and did not guess the murder

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Kakadublue

All the elements needed for a good read

Reviewed in Australia on 21 January 2019

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Fun read with plenty to keep me reading it as quickly as possible.

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Robynne

Ideal rainy weekend entertainment.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2018

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Captivating, amusing, addictive weekend read.

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Sonja

Great product.

Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2019

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Good read.

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Beecee

Definitely a fun read.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 June 2019

What a breath of fresh air. This book has it all, murder, chaos & best of all, laugh out loud humour. After reading a thriller without an ending it was refreshing to read this cozy.

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Mrs. Bruce

Too "fluffy" for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 July 2018

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For me, there was way too much of Valentine (Val) lusting after the "hot" Detective Romero, even though she thought
he disliked her. Every time she saw him or thought about him, her knees gave way, she had hot shivers, sexy thoughts,
etc. - you get the picture. There was no sex or swearing though, which was a plus.

Apart from that it was rather repetitive with Val wondering which of the many people who hated Portia had actually killed her.
She discussed this with her staff, her cop sister, Romero and even the suspects. I admit I didn't guess the killer.
Val put herself into danger many times, despite Romero's warnings and much to his despair.

There was also too much about her makeup and clothes, particularly her shoes. I expect this part of the book and the
"hot men" (there were several in the book) would appeal to teenage readers. And I couldn't believe that any employer would
put up with Phyllis. Val's business would have been healthier if she had paid Phyllis to stay away!
It was a quick read and will appeal to a lot of people, but too fluffy for me.

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The beauty business can be a killer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2018

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Loved it. Humour and emotion crafted into a great plot that will have you enthralled from the start. Her business is everything to her as she has put her heart and soul into her spa. However all this could be taken away from her shortly when she finds her best client dead on the massage bed. Okay the culprit was dead easy to spot but I loved the way she stumbled through the investigation until she got to the truth. She is tenacious and determined to save her business even when faced with the hunk that is the lead detective. Some great amusing situations and some great red herrings. A wonderful read, glad I took the risk of reading a new author.

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Perkins

Some humour in this light read but not much of a mystery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2018

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Valentine Beaumont is struggling to keep her beauty salon afloat and the murder of one of her regular clients shouldn't help matters but inexplicably, it apparently does. The best thing about this unlikely tale is the burgeoning romance between Valentine and the smoking hot Detective Romero. Otherwise, the murderer is pretty obvious, Valentine's pathetic attempts at amateur sleuthing are, well, pathetic and the ridiculous notion that anyone in the police force would want to encourage her detecting ambitions are, without doubt, ridiculous. The appalling Phyllis fails to add any humour and no decent employer would or could ever allow an employee to treat her clients so badly. In fact, I'd be surprised if there weren't excellent grounds for some of Phyllis's victims to sue for assault. Both Max and the so-called 'Sensei' are stereotypical and add little to the storyline. Not the best book of its type in the Cozy series.

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How is she still going

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2020

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Four stars for a thoroughly great read but oh my gosh how does she actually survive. Valetine is a really good character who cannot let anything go. She tries her best and has the best of intentions and sees only the best in people. Struggling to keep her business afloat with a murderer about, townsfolk adding heir bits and boy is she suspicious of people. Really a danger to herself but in a cute way. No amount of family pressure would make me keep Phylis on as an employee. She was hopeless.

Lucii book-lover Dixon

Fun and lighthearted!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019

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This is the first story I’ve read from this author and I loved it! I always find these kinds of mysteries fun and light hearted. It was hilarious! Who new so much damaged can be caused via perm rods and chopsticks?

The characters were all likeable, bar Phyllis of course. I didn’t like when Romero used the word ‘Honey’, it didn’t make him very manly as I was made out to believe throughout the book. But Valentine was such a loveable character, she reminded me of the the main character in Legally Blonde.

I never suspected the outcome at all! I was so so surprised and I won’t spoil it for others.

This was a fantastic read and I’m already off to get the next one!

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