Michele Jaffe – författare

Jasmine had everything a girl could want.1

So it wasn''t her idea of SuperFun to move halfway around the world to Venice, Italy, leaving her fab pals and hot new boyfriend back in Los Angeles.2 But Venice isn''t so bad . . .

Until Jasmine''s Evil Hench cousin, Alyson, and her Best Fiend Veronique arrive,3 Jasmine''s secret plan to jet to California is foiled,4 her boyfriend starts hanging with someone named Candy,5 and her only friend in Venice turns out to be in deadly peril.6

Faster than you can say "gelato," Jasmine is caught up in a catastrophic caper featuring a runaway heiress, a smoldering gondolier, 142 kinds of pizza, and a bothersome kitty. But before she can face off against a dangerous adversary, she has to face herself.

While wearing white leather pants.7

1 Rock star boyfriend, homicidal hair, fabulous pals, iNsAnO father . . . 2 No, this was the work of Dadzilla, smiter of life''s happiness. 3 They ask to be called by their faerie names, Sapphyre and Tiger''s*Eye. No, I am not joking. What? I''m supposed to keep the scary stuff inside the book?4 Hello Dadzilla!5 Who may or may not have perfect hair and boobs and be able to communicate with dolphins.6 Not that anyone believes it. Until— What? That is for inside the book too? Okay, fine.7 Only part of the time. The rest of the time I have to wear . . . oh, right. ScArY stuff inside.

Meet Jasmine forensic supersleuth and unwitting victim of a naughty feline.

All Jasmine really wants is to enjoy her family vacation in Las Vegas. And avoid her evil cousin Alyson and Alyson''s best fiend, Veronique. And show her suspicious dad that she can be a Model Daughter. And maybe meet the hot guy she''s been eyeing from across the pool. It that too much to ask?

Apparently, yes. One moment she''s an innocent bylounger, the next the central figure in a Las Vegas-sized mystery. Fortunately, Jasmine is both a forensics enthusiast and possessed of some very, well, special friends. Polly, Tom, and Roxy crash the vacation, BeDazzle Jasmine''s wardrobe, and find themselves key players in the most outrageous adventure in a town known for outrageous adventures.

All because of a very bad kitty.

Life in Italy. It''s all gondolas, gorgeous guys and 142 types of pizza. Right?Oh. So. Wrong. Meet Jasmine Callihan, supersleuth extraordinaire.What happens in the story is:32% Thrilling mystery51% Gut-churning yearning17% Clothes CRISIS slash hair HORROR100% NOT HER FAULT

Jane is found, near death, in a rosebush - a victim of hit and run. But as she''s convalescing she realizes that her friends'' stories and her memories of what happened that night aren''t adding up. And now the only thing she does know is that one of her friends isn''t so friendly. One of them tried to kill her.Sometimes the truth is a very thorny thing. . .

''I am an imposter. A fake. A fraud. But everything that follows is the truth and nothing but the truth. I have no reason to lie anymore.''Eve has been living hand-to-mouth, trying to forget old scars from her foster homes and to avoid getting any new ones from her sleazy boss. So when she''s offered a way out - $100,000 to pretend to be somebody she''s not - she knows she''d be a fool not to take it.But it soon becomes clear that her life will be at risk unless she can work out exactly what happened to the girl she''s been asked to impersonate. Trapped in a web of lies and deceit, Eve is desperate to learn the truth, even if it means facing up to a past filled with murderous secrets.

Everyone believes it was an accident, despite the phone threats Jane swears were real. But the truth is a thorny thing. As Jane''s boyfriend, friends, and admirers come to visit, more memories surface-not just from the party, but from deeper in her past . . . including the night her best friend Bonnie died.

With nearly everyone in her life a suspect now, Jane must unravel the mystery before her killer attacks again. Along the way, she''s forced to examine the consequences of her life choices in this compulsively readable thriller.