Jinxed

The New York Timesbestseller that Nelson DeMille said "will keep...readers entranced and entertained from cover to cover."Savvy young Los Angeles P.I. Regan Reilly faces an unusual challenge when she gets an urgent call from Lilac Weldon, owner -- with her two hippie brothers -- of the run-down California winery Altered States. Lilac asks Regan to find her actress daughter, Whitney, AKA "Freshness," in time to attend the wedding of Lilac's wealthy aunt Lucretia Standish, a 93-year-old silent-film star. The Weldons have learned from a secret source that each family member will receive a gift of $2 million from Lucretia -- but only if they all attend.Lucretia's bridegroom, a 46-year-old con man and former actor, knows he must keep Whitney away; they have met before and she is wise to his game. How Regan foils his plot makes for an exciting climax to this comic suspense novel, filled with Carol Higgins Clark's inimitable characters.

Carol Higgins Clark is the author of five bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries and two other books, He Sees You When You're Sleeping and Deck the Halls, also available from Pocket Books, which she co-authored with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark. Also an actress, Carol has appeared in films, theater, and television series. She lives in New York City. Visit her website at www.carolhigginsclark.com.