There are 18 books in the Bad Hair Day Mysteries series. The newest book is Star Tangled Murder which came out in 2023.

Meet Marla Shore, a Florida hairstylist and salon owner with a knack for styling hair and solving mysteries.

Hairstylist Marla Shore is already having a bad hair day when one of her clients dies in the shampoo chair at her salon. Then Detective Dalton Vail accuses her of putting poison…
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Hair Raiser

Hair Raiser
A southern sleuth investigates murder and sabotage in sultry South Florida in this humorous cozy mystery.
 
When South Florida hairstylist Marla Shore takes charge of a fundraiser for a coastal preservation group, she has to comb through a knot of suspects to determine who's sabotaging their gala event. Participating chefs…

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Murder by Manicure

Murder by Manicure
When Florida hairdresser Marla Shore joins the Perfect Fit Sports Club to lose a few pounds, she is thrust into the middle of a murder mystery when a fellow patron suspiciously drowns in a whirlpool, and teams up with Detective Dalton Vail to catch a killer.

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Body Wave

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Hairstylist and southern sleuth Marla Shore goes undercover in a hair-brained scheme to catch a killer in this adventurous cozy mystery.
 
Hairstylist Marla Shore goes undercover as a nurse's aide for wealthy Miriam Pearl to investigate her granddaughter's murder. While Marla snoops into the elderly matriarch's affairs, her boyfriend, Detective…

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Highlights to Heaven

Highlights to Heaven
Professional hair stylist and amateur sleuth Marla Shore lands a case close to home when her pet loving neighbour, a man aptly named Goat, disappears, leaving his animals and a dead body - behind. The corpse might be just another anonymous stiff except for the distinctive highlighting in his hair.…

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Died Blonde

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Salon owner and amateur sleuth Marla Shore is no friend of beauty-competitor Carolyn Sutton, but when her rival turns up dead, Marla cannot help herself from trying to straighten out the tangle of clues surrounding the murder, in the latest Bad Hair Day Mystery. 40,000 first printing.

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Dead Roots

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While attending her family reunion at Florida's historic Sugar Crest Plantation Resort, Marla Shore, introducing her fiance to her family for the first time, is faced with murder, mayhem, ghosts, and greed, all of which are linked to centuries-old treasure.

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Perish by Pedicure

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In the midst of cat fights, big egos, and huge hairdos during Florida's hottest beauty show, salon owner Marla Shore, struggling to deal with personal issues, must clear the name of her former college roommate Georgia Rogers when she is accused of killing Christine Parks, the company director of Luxor…

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Killer Knots

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When Marla Shore embarks on a supposedly romantic cruise with her fiance Dalton Vail, she finds mystery and mayhem on the high seas when she accidently receives a cryptic message that leads to the murder of a renowned artist.

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Shear Murder

Shear Murder
A wedding turns deadly when hairstylist Marla Shore discovers a dead body under the cake table in this killer cozy mystery.

Weddings always make Marla Shore shed a tear of joy, especially when she attends her friend Jill's affair as a member of the bridal party. Marla's own nuptials are…

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Hanging by a Hair

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Marla's joyous move to a new house with her husband, Detective Dalton Vail, is marred by their next-doorneighbor who erects an illegal fence between their properties. When Dalton reminds the man of the local permitting laws, tempers flare--and worse, the neighbor is found dead the following day. Dismayed when Dalton…

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Peril by Ponytail

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Marla and Dalton's honeymoon at an Arizona dude ranch veers from dangerous to downright deadly faster than a horse headed to the corral. With her husband's uncle--the resort's owner--on the suspect list for murder, Marla races to prove his innocence. She hopes her blind trust isn't misplaced, especially when she…

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Facials Can Be Fatal

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Salon sleuth Marla Vail determines to peel back the truth when a wealthy socialite has a fatal facial at her day spa in this stylish cozy mystery.

During the frenzy of the December holidays, the last thing salon owner Marla Vail needs is a dead body slathered in a green…

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Hair Brained

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Hairstylist Marla Vail determines to learn the truth when her best friend is hurt in a suspicious car accident in this suspenseful cozy mystery.

Hairstylist Marla Vail’s friends are hurt in a car accident on New Year’s Eve. As per their instructions, Marla assumes guardianship of their infant son. But…

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Trimmed to Death

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Hairstylist Marla Vail enters a bake-off competition that’s a real killer when a contestant ends up dead.

Savvy hairstylist and amateur sleuth Marla Vail enters a charity bake-off contest at a fall festival sponsored by a local farm. While she waits to see if her coconut fudge pie is a…

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Easter Hair Hunt

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Can a stylish sleuth pull a rabbit out of her hat to solve an Easter murder in this to-dye-for cozy mystery?

When hairstylist Marla Vail attends an Easter egg hunt at historic Tremayne Manor, she’s only there to fix hair for a client, Bonnie “Blinky” Morris. But when she’s asked…

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Styled for Murder

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Hairstylist Marla Vail flushes out a killer when murder disrupts her mother’s home renovation plans in this stylish cozy mystery.

When hairstylist and savvy sleuth, Marla Vail, gets a frantic call from her mother that there’s a dead body in her shower, Marla realizes this wasn’t part of the home…

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Star Tangled Murder

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Hairstylist Marla Vail and her husband get tangled up in murder when their Fourth of July visit to a living history village ends with a bang—and a body.

Salon owner Marla Vail and her detective husband Dalton are having a blast visiting a Florida living history village over Fourth of…