Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Series by Elaine Viets

Mystery shopper Josie Marcus's report about Danessa Celedine's exclusive store is less than stellar, and it may cost the fashion diva fifty million dollars. But Danessa's financial future becomes moot when she's found murdered, strangled with one of her own thousand-dollar snakeskin belts-and Josie is accused of the crime.

A humbug of a Shopping mystery... From The Anthony and Agatha Award-Winning Author of Accessory to MurderIncludes insider shopping tips! Mystery shopper Josie Marcus doesn?t get the appeal of the year-round Christmas shop. But when three such holiday houses pop up within two blocks, she?s assigned to rate them anonymously. Easy enough, Josie thinks, until she realizes that shoppers at one store are finding a strange?even deadly?secret ingredient in their holiday cake... moreA humbug of a Shopping mystery... From The Anthony and Agatha Award-Winning Author of Accessory to MurderIncludes insider shopping tips! Mystery shopper Josie Marcus doesn?t get the appeal of the year-round Christmas shop. But when three such holiday houses pop up within two blocks, she?s assigned to rate them anonymously. Easy enough, Josie thinks, until she realizes that shoppers at one store are finding a strange?even deadly?secret ingredient in their holiday cake. And Josie must get to the bottom of it all before someone else becomes a Christmas spirit. less

Josie Marcus has been hired to check out a big pet store's involvement with puppy mills. When an employee who clued her in to the mills' existence shows up dead, Josie realizes that sinking her teeth into this case could mean getting bitten back.

On Josie's latest assignment, her former teacher-now working in a lingerie shop-is in need of some serious support when a customer is found murdered. Unfortunately, the teacher's alibi is flimsier than the camisoles she sells, so Josie will need to bust out her sleuthing skills to expose the real killer...