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Margaret Dumas , a former technical writer and computer software executive, holds a Master's Degree in English Literature. She lives in the Bay Area, where she splits her time between working on her next novel and searching for the perfect cocktail.
Comic cozy meets crazed spy thriller in this debut novel short-listed for Britain's 2003 Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger award. --Booklist .. .a modern day Nick and Nora Charles...head an engaging cast in this witty, suspenseful first adventure - may there be many more! --Donna Andrews, author of the Meg Langslow mysteries Stock characters abound: the queeny, bisexual artistic director of her theater; the no-nonsense, sometimes tactless financial manager; the uptight, shy women's studies professor. At times Charley comes across as little more than a collection of references to designer labels and expensive champagne, but her engaging voice ('It would be nice if I could say I look like Aubrey Hepburn, but I'm not delusional') will keep readers turning the pages. --Publishers Weekly
