Peril in Paperback

How to become the life of the party? First, survive the celebration��

Rare books and antiquities expert Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be invited to the fiftieth birthday party of her neighbor Suzie�� aunt Grace. A retired founder of a major video game corporation, Grace is a larger-than-life character who�� turned her Lake Tahoe mansion into a fun house, full of everything from pinball machines and giant props to secret passageways and trap doors. Brooklyn is most excited to catalog Grace�� extensive collection of rare paperback pulp fiction.

Part of the fun involves a s矇ance, but after the lights flicker, one guest is dead, poisoned by a cocktail intended for Grace. It seems someone is determined to turn Grace�� playful palatial estate into a house of horrors. Brooklyn suspects the key to the killer�� identity may lie in the roman 獺 clef Grace has written about her life. With Grace in great peril, ��ust-read��takes on a whole new meaning, as Brooklyn tries to stop a murderer who�� through playing around��