In her seventh adventure, Denver's intrepid dry-cleaner/sleuth, Mandy Dyer, encounters a baffling case of mistaken identity---or is it? After dining at a local mountaintop restaurant, Mandy's friend Laura discovers that someone has taken her coat and left another in its place. The only clue to the owner's identity is an unfamiliar dry-cleaning mark. Mandy's casual inquiries turn serious when a dead body is discovered dressed in Laura's missing coat. An investigation of the remote and forbidding crime scene puts Mandy right in the path of a mysterious mountain ambush and a very slippery foe. Protagonists of today's mystery series hold down jobs ranging from stripper to postal clerk to rock star--so why not dry cleaner? Luckily, Johnson realizes that the day-to-day details of Mandy Dyer's cleaning operation might not be so scintillating and uses the business mostly as a backdrop. In the seventh adventure in the series, Mandy uses a dry-cleaning tag to track down a woman whose coat was switched with that of Mandy's cousin Laura. Then the woman is found murdered, and Laura is struck by a hit-and-run driver, convincing Mandy that the coat switch has prompted the violence. Customers at the restaurant where Laura lost her coat provide plenty of colorful suspects. Although the mystery itself is not too difficult to solve, Johnson's ability to infuse comedy into the plot will keep readers chuckling. Good, clean fun. Jenny McLarin Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved "[P]lenty of colorful suspects . . . . Johnson's ability to infuse comedy into the plot will keep readers chuckling. Good, clean fun." -- Booklist "The author's ability to leaven many situations with humor adds to this well-written and complicated mystery." --Sue Reider, Mystery Scene magazine "[A]n upbeat, often funny amateur sleuth mystery" --Harriet Klausner Praise for Dolores Johnson and the Mandy Dyer Mystery Series Buttons and Foes "With this novel and series, Dolores Johnson takes her audience to the cleaners...fans will welcome the spin." - Midwest Book Review "Another cozy crowd-pleaser" - Publishers Weekly Homicide and Old Lace "Humorous . . . . the storyline and chapter-ending cliffhangers kept the pages turning." - Mystery News "The background and the characters make this a truly enjoyable read." - I Love a Mystery Wash, Fold, and Die "[A] tightly plotted who-done-it." - Publishers Weekly "A Delightful Romp with an irrepressible heroine." -Romantic Times "If you love to laugh while you work through a mystery, you'll love Wash, Fold and Die." - Rendezvous "A delightful series." - Midwest Book Review A Dress to Die For "What makes the Mandy Dyer amateur sleuth tales so much fun is that they are droll and irreverent as they take the reader on a cozy-like a mystery tour of the Mile High City. A fun reading experience, starring a delightful sleuth." - Midwest Book Review "A witty, stylish mystery with plenty of provocative twists and turns." - Rendezvous "Johnson enlivens her plot with a quiet wit and a polished writing style." - The Denver Post "Delightful. Good, Clean Fun." - Dorothy Cannell, author of God Save the Queen Hung Up to Die "Dolores Johnson writes with wit and panache. I love her sense of humor." - Diane Mott Davidson, author of Chopping Spree "A highly entertaining book... A good, fast-moving mystery with a lot of subtle humor...A fun read... you're going to like this one." - Rendezvous "Johnson's chatty dialogue and believable characters make for a lively story... skillful plotting and characterization." - Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Times "Johnson's own quick wit is the best reason to read Hung Up to Die... a strong, straightforward mystery... I read it in one evening." - The Mystery Review Taken to the Cleaners "This book is definitely a lot of fun." - The Armchair Detective "Fast-paced and filled with good humor... Taken to the Cleaners is a delight." - I Love a Mystery Praise for Dolores Johnson and the Mandy Dyer Mystery Series Buttons and Foes "With this novel and series, Dolores Johnson takes her audience to the cleaners...fans will welcome the spin." - Midwest Book Review "Another cozy crowd-pleaser" - Publishers Weekly Homicide and Old Lace "Humorous . . . . the storyline and chapter-ending cliffhangers kept the pages turning." - Mystery News "The background and the characters make this a truly enjoyable read." - I Love a Mystery Wash, Fold, and Die "[A] tightly plotted who-done-it." - Publishers Weekly "A Delightful Romp with an irrepressible heroine." - Romantic Times "If you love to laugh while you work through a mystery, you'll love Wash, Fold and Die ." - Rendezvous "A delightful series." - Midwest Book Review A Dress to Die For "What makes the Mandy Dyer amateur sleuth tales so much fun is that they are droll and irreverent as they take the reader on a cozy-like a mystery tour of the Mile High City. A fun reading exper