Pride and Pettiness

Mysteries Of Lancaster County #11

by Elizabeth Ludwig

When Mary is asked out on a date by the handsome and fun-loving baseball coach at the local high school, she thinks it is the perfect time for a new haircut and color. However, things go terribly awry when she goes to old friend and hairdresser, Paige Schiller, and winds up with blue hair. Paige is mortified by the fiasco and has no explanation, but Mary stumbles on a clue when she finds the label switched on a bottle of hair color. Could it be an unhappy accident or is someone trying to sabotage Mary’s date . . . or Paige’s salon? Mary believes the latter, especially when one of Paige’s customers falls prey to faulty clippers and another receives a bad perm, which results in more unhappy customers. Can Mary and her sisters, Elizabeth and Martha, track down the culprit? The clues may be cut and dried, but the case is anything but in this hairy caper.

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About the author

Elizabeth Ludwig is an accomplished speaker and teacher, often attending conferences where she lectures on editing for fiction writers, crafting effective novel proposals, and conducting successful editor/agent interviews. Book three in her popular EDGE OF FREEDOM series, Tide and Tempest, was named a finalist for the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Elizabeth was also named a finalist in the 2015 Selah Awards for her novella “One Holy Night”, part of the bestselling anthology collection, Christmas Comes to Bethlehem, Maine. Most recently, she was honored to be awarded a HOLT Medallion for her book, A Tempting Taste of Mystery, part of the SUGARCREEK AMISH MYSTERIES series from Guideposts. Her latest releases include Sheeps Passing in the Night, part of the MYSTERIES OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD series, also from Guideposts, and The Coffee Club Mysteries from Barbour Publishing. To learn more, visit ElizabethLudwig.com.

Reviews

[Elizabeth K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I was going to give this a lower review because my goodness, the stakes couldn’t possibly be lower (someone’s hair was dyed -gasp- blue?!?!?? Heaven forbid!), and the smarmy “godly woman” this and “a heart for God” that isn’t to my taste, but that’s just a taste thing, it’s very clearly a Christian mystery so really it was just what it claimed to be. And it was a pleasant enough read, truly the definition of a cozy mystery. Best of all it was definitely well edited an proofread, something that cannot be said of all the modern cozy mysteries on the market today. If I could give it 3.5 stars I would, but I just can’t bring myself to give it 4, so here we are.

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This takes place in February. The story involves a dance, a love triangle, a salon, sabotage, and starting over. Overall, I enjoyed this story. I thought the mystery would go a different way. I felt the same way about the romance.

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the sisters has an old friend move back to town and opens a hairdressing salon. When one of the mysterious accidents leaves her with blue hair, the three of them start working on the mystery of who did it and why, hopefully before the salon has to be closed.

[Catherine Hensley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book kept you guessing who was doing all the stuff. Very good

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paige moved back to Bird in the Hand and opened a beauty shop. Mary was asked out on a date so goes to the beauty salon and her hair is turned blue. She figures out someone has tampered with the dye and finds other things have happened. Mary and her two sisters try to find out who is trying to put Paige out of business.