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A spoiled heiress must investigate her grandmother's death in order to gain back her trust fund, all while discovering how to be her own person and maybe even in falling in love in this rom-com meets murder mystery.
When Pomona Afton, Upper East Side hotel heiress, stumbles out of a gala and upon the scene of her grandmother's murder, her first thought is that the society queen won't be missed for her kind, cookie-baking ways. In fact, she was mean, greedy, and paranoid—so paranoid that she secretly slipped a clause into her will mandating that, should she die an unnatural death, all the family assets get frozen. And if the "unnatural death" isn't explained? Those accounts stay frozen.
Practically overnight, Pomona is locked out of her penthouse with no other option than to move in with a roommate: Gabe, the irritable (yet handsome) son of her former nanny. Not only is his apartment cramped, but it doesn't even have a doorman. Or a chef! Pom needs someone to solve this murder, like, yesterday, so she can get her trust fund back.
And Gabe? He needs this murder solved because that's the only way his mother, who toiled for the Afton family for years, will ever get the retirement money she deserves. As Pom's family clams up, blocking the police at every turn, Pom quickly realizes that if she wants her glamorous life back, she's going to have to put on her big-girl Manolos and do it herself...with the help of Gabe, who she's falling for more and more by the day.
Can Pomona Afton (who previously couldn't solve a crossword in the bath on a hungover Sunday) actually solve this murder? And if she does return to her former life of luxury, will it be worth the possibility of losing Gabe?
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- ISBN: 9781668075678
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- ISBN: 9781668075678
- File size: 2799 KB
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Reviews
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December 1, 2024
Drawing on her experience writing rom-coms like Best Served Hot (under the name Amanda Elliot), Rose now combines romance with a mystery. When heiress Pomona Afton's grandmother is murdered, the family learns that their assets are frozen until her death is explained. Locked out of her penthouse and bank account, Pomona moves in with handsome Gabe and needs to solve the murder to get her life back. Prepub Alert.
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Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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December 16, 2024
Rose debuts with an amusing mystery that skewers the entitlement of wealthy New Yorkers. Pomona “Pom” Afton, 28, spends her days partying and jetting between international Fashion Weeks. The heiress to a luxury hotel chain, Pom possesses a fortune that—though controlled by her fierce grandma Marion—seems limitless. One evening, Pom goes to Marion’s private suite at an Afton hotel, only to find the old woman stabbed in the throat and chest. Content to let the police handle the investigation, the family eagerly awaits the reading of Marion’s will. To their horror, a clause has been added stating that, should Marion die of unnatural causes, all family assets will be frozen for at least one year, and will be unfrozen only when the murderer is caught. With no trust fund to draw on, Pom is expelled from her own suite at an Afton hotel and decides it’s incumbent on her to find her grandma’s killer—if only to secure her inheritance. She teams up with Gabe, her former nanny’s son, to do some sleuthing, and sparks soon fly. Rose’s pacing is swift, her clues are subtly placed, and Pom’s fish-out-of-water perspective provides some charming, if predictable, humor. A sequel would be welcome. Agent: Merrilee Heifetz, Writers House. -
Starred review from February 1, 2025
Twenty-eight-year-old heiress Pomona Afton lives rent-free in the Afton family's flagship New York City hotel, a floor below her hands-off parents and two floors below her bullying grandmother, attending galas while her older brother Nicholas works in the family business. Avoiding responsibility is Pom's full-time occupation until she finds her grandmother's body: the matriarch has been murdered. When it's discovered her will stipulates that the family assets will be frozen if she dies under suspicious circumstances until a guilty party is found, the Afton clan goes their separate ways, hoping for a speedy solution. When Pom realizes she's on her own, her survival skills kick in. Will solving a murder be one of those talents? Readers who love a great transformation story, ridiculously charming characters, and the chance to have a little chuckle while they're rooting for all the right things to happen will find satisfaction on every page. Though some of the family dynamics are more destructive than supportive, those interactions nevertheless create positive changes, including sparking Pom's successful foray into small-batch baking. Add Pom's role as an awkward amateur sleuth with accurate insights and a budding romance, and we see that Rose (aka Amanda Elliot) has written a romp that will appeal to fans of Elle Cosimano, Sophie Kinsella, and Meg Cabot.COPYRIGHT(2025) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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