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Nancy Cohen earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Rochester, and a master’s degree from the University of California in San Francisco. After working for several years as a clinical nurse specialist, she retired to assume writing full time.
Nancy is listed in Contemporary Authors, Poets & Writers, and Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets. She is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, and served as Secretary for the Florida chapter of MWA for two years. Nancy also belongs to Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, Novelists, Inc., and The Author's Guild. Currently, she is President of Florida Romance Writers. As a featured speaker at conferences, bookstores, libraries, and local community groups, she enjoys meeting readers and booksellers. Additional activities include writing articles for The 3rd Degree, The Kiss of Death, Romance Writers' Report, The Literary Times, Mystery Readers Journal, and Romantic Times.
When she is not busy writing, Nancy enjoys dining at local restaurants, regional travel, outlet shopping, and schmoozing with fellow writers. She and her husband live in the Fort Lauderdale area. They are empty-nesters with two children in college. Their miniature poodle, who bears a strong resemblance to Marla's dog Spooks in the Bad Hair Day Mysteries, keeps them entertained.
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Ninth in the Bad Hair Day series:
Killer Knots |
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Marla Shore's expectation of a leisurely cruise with her fiance Dalton Vail is disrupted when Dalton's teenage daughter and her in-laws-to-be accompany them on the cruise.
Further complications arise when a mysterious envelope under the door seems to threaten an embarassing revelation of Marla's past.
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Eighth in the Bad Hair Day series:
Perish By Pedicure |
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Marla investigates Luxor Products company director Christine Parks' death. Everyone sho worked with Christine had a reason to hate her. Something very ugly is going down behind the high-platform hair tricks of Florida's hottest beauty show. |
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Seventh in the Bad Hair Day series:
Dead Roots |
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Marla Shores plans to introduce her fiance, Detective Dalton Veil, to her family on Thanksgiving weekend at elderly Aunt Polly's Sugar Crest haunted plantation.
Aunt Polly is found suffocated in her bed. Marla tracks the killer among a cast of characters including greedy heirs, real estate developers and historic preservationists.
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Sixth in the Bad Hair Day series:
Died Blonde |
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Hairstylist Marla Shore stumbles over her rival’s body in the meter room behind their competing salons.
When her boyfriend, hunky Detective Vail, asks for her help in solving the murder, she gets hot on the trail. The stakes rise when the victim’s trusted psychic warns that someone Marla loves is in great danger.
Her investigation takes her to a smoky bingo parlor, a spooky town run by spiritualists, and sultry Delray Beach. But what scares Marla the most is her relationship with Vail which takes a surprising turn.
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| Writing the Whodunit |
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A 15-page guide to writing the traditional mystery.
Topics include: defining the genre, creating characters, weaving a web of suspects, solving the puzzle, tools to keep you on track, heightening suspense, continuity in a series, references. |
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Fifth in the Bad Hair Day series:
Highlights to Heaven |
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Hairstylist Marla Shore lands a case close to home when her animal-loving neighbor named Goat disappears, leaving his pets alone and a dead body in the master bedroom. When she notices the distinctive pattern of highlights in the deceased person’s hair, Marla gets hot on the trail of her missing friend. Soon she’s untangling clues involving hair growth formulas, exotic animal smuggling, and citrus canker. When dashing Dalton Vail’s interest turns decidedly personal, she wonders which pursuer will claim her first: the amorous detective or the killer?
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Fourth in the Bad Hair Day series:
Body Wave |
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Marla Shore, owner of the Cut 'N Dye Salon, can't believe her ears. Her hateful ex-husband, Stanley Kaufman, actually needs her help. It has something to do with the fact that he has been arrested for the murder of his third wife, Kimberly, and wants Marla to find the "real" killer. Kensington 2002 |
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Third in the Bad Hair Day series:
Murder by Manicure |
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Since beauty is her business, Florida beauty salon owner Marla Shore figures she can lose a few pounds by joining a gym. But she never dreamed that slimming down would mean running into a deadly case of foul play. Kensington 2001 1st ed 1st printing, remainder mark, signed by the author. |
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Second in the Bad Hair Day series:
Hair Raiser |
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Not just your average South Florida Beachcomber, our favorite beauty salon owner, Marla, is now a volunteer for Ocean Guard, a coastal preservation group. She's even in charge of their upcoming Taste of the World fundraiser. But when Chef Pierre Chavalier's flaming Bananas Foster results in a three alarm fire, she can't help wondering: too much rum in the recipe or sabotage? Kensington |
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First in the Bad Hair Day series:
Permed to Death |
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Marla was already having a bad hair day, but when one of her clients dies while getting a perm in her salon, her day just can’t get any worse...until the detective accuses her of poisoning the wealthy widow’s coffee creamer.
With a dollop of humor and a dab of suspense, Cohen introduces a sassy, stylish sleuth as Marla leads readers on a fast-paced romp in the first of a new series. Kensington |
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| Dead Roots |
| by Stephanie Saxon Levine |
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Nancy Cohen’s Bad Hair Day Mysteries have delighted me from their debut. This new one, Dead Roots, is no exception. The series features beauty salon-owner/part-time sleuth Marla Shore, a very likeable character, indeed.
In this outing, Marla’s family gathers for a Thanksgiving reunion at a Florida resort. It’s the first reunion for the family, and the first time they will meet Marla’s fiancé, Detective Dalton Vail. When dead bodies start turning up, Marla and Dalton engage in a murder investigation in the midst of Thanksgiving dinner.
I’ve enjoyed every one of these mysteries. Dead Roots, the eighth in the series, introduces some quirky characters and reunites the reader with some old friends from earlier stories.
I was particularly delighted with the spookiness of Dead Roots. Having cut my reading teeth on the Nancy Drew mysteries, I often look for that wonderful prickles-along-the-spine, gooseflesh-raising sensation that a well-written tale can deliver. Marla’s exploits at Sugar Crest resort gave me the vicarious thrill I was seeking.
It’s fun to see the relationship developing between Dalton and Marla, especially since I’ve been in on it from the beginning. It’s not necessary, though, to read the earlier books to enjoy Dead Roots. Once you have read it, though, you may want to read earlier books in this very well-told and thoroughly researched series.
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| Posted 13-12-2005 |
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