The house of seven Mabels

Description:

Homemaking" is about to take on a whole new meaning for Jane Jeffry, now that she's agreed to help the prosperouslydivorced Bitsy Burnside restore and redecorate a decrepit old neighborhood mansion. Bitsy's decision to employ an almost all-woman crew has prompted Jane's quick-witted best bud Shelley Nowack to dub the project, "the House of Seven Mabels" -- but it's also engendered some nasty ill will. And when what begins as a series of anonymous, mean-spirited "pranks" ends up leaving one of the workwomen lying dead at the foot of a staircase, Jane and Shelley decide to try and nail the assassin. But the more Jane saws away at the truth, the more it appears that she may be painting herself into a corner, leaving herself no exit if a crafty killer decides to make Jane Jeffry the next demolition project.

subjects: Fiction,  Women detectives,  Single mothers,  Jane Jeffry (Fictitious character),  Suburban life,  Remodeling,  Dwellings,  Popular Print Disabled Books,  Large type books,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Jeffry, jane (fictitious character), fiction,  Private investigators, fiction,  Chicago (ill.), fiction,  Illinois, fiction

Places: Chicago (Ill.),  Illinois,  Chicago