Title:
Accessories
& Alibis
Author: Laina
Turner
Genre: Cozy
Mystery / Chick Lit
In the 10th book of the chick lit series, Presley buys
failing retail boutique, Silk, and on the first day of business ownership the
store manager Roxanne is arrested for murdering her boyfriend. Roxanne insists
she’s innocent and asks for Presley’s help.
Presley believes her and tries to help while getting the
boutique up and running just to find out someone has been paying themselves
from company funds? Who is stealing from Silk and is there more to Rod and
Roxanne’s relationship than meets the eye?
As
a child Laina thought she would either be a truck driver (thanks to Jerry Reed
in Smokey and the Bandit) or work at Taco Bell (her favorite restaurant as a
child). As she grew older she realized her talents lay in academics and
business and for the last several years has been a business consultant and
college professor where she uses the analytical side of her brain and not the
side that makes up stories.
Through
all her career choices she has continued to have a passion for writing. This
stemmed from childhood whereas an only child she developed a vivid imagination
spending most of her time making things up and thinking the Incredible Hulk
lived in her closet.
Proud
of her vast experiences in life from barrel racing to being on the dance team
for a semi pro basketball team to being a mom of 2 amazing kids, she tells her
family and friends that no one is safe from their escapades slipping in to her
books.
Taking
the plunge to write books that she actually lets people read in 2010, she has
worked her way up to having 5 fans (maybe 6 now). Her blog, The Art Of Living
Fabulously, was launched to share the daily fun in the life of a Real Housewife
of the Midwest along with the musing of other fabulous ladies.
“Maybe we should close until we can fix it?”
We had discussed at length how to handle the transition and a re-launch,
knowing this was going to take a lot of work.
However, we had decided it would be better to stay open while we were fixing
things so the people that did come in we could tell to come back and see the
new and improved Silk. At least that
would give us a chance to connect with people, but looking at this I wasn’t
sure we’d be able to convince anyone to come back after seeing it like this. It
might do us more harm than good.
“Nope.
Let’s stick to the plan. It won’t take that long to clean and get what is
already here organized. These girls just need direction, and if they can’t take
it, we will find new ones. Closing would send people elsewhere without us being
able to tell them to come back. I don’t think that is a good idea,” Katy said.
“You’re
right,” I said, and we walked through the store to the back office saying hi to
Roxanne and the other employees as we passed them.
The
thought of closing was still in my head when a few minutes later I heard the
sound of several people walking through the door. I peeked out the door to the
front hoping it was a group of motivated shoppers and wanting to see how the
employees up front handled them. Instead, I saw three police officers walking
up to the cash register. I walked up to meet them with Katy right behind me,
heart pounding. Wondering what was going on.
“Can
I help you, Officer?” I asked the one in front, my brain racing trying to
figure out why they were in my store.
There was nothing like the appearance of the police to make you feel
instantly guilty even when you hadn’t done anything wrong.
“We’re
here for Roxanne Baxter,” he said and Roxanne, who was on the other side of the
room, slowly turned around. By the look
on her face, police coming in and asking for her wasn’t something she had been
expecting when she came to work today.
She looked confused, embarrassed and scared, as she looked in my
direction.
“Roxanne
Baxter,” he repeated and she nodded. “You’re under arrest.”
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