Murder on Sex Island: A Luella van Horn Mystery

By: Jo Firestone

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Synopsis: A sexy reality show. A missing contestant. A one-of-a-kind detective.&“Bless Jo Firestone&’s quiet, mad genius. . . . Hilarious and completely brilliant, [a] bloodstained love-letter to reality-dating television.&”—VultureWhen a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers hire detective Luella van Horn to go undercover as a contestant and solve the case. What the producers don&’t know is that the enigmatic Luella van Horn is actually a woman named Marie Jones, a divorced ex–social worker from Staten Island attempting to lead a double life as a private eye. The local press couldn&’t get enough of Luella . . . until she horribly bungled her last case and a murderer went free.Unable to resist the opportunity to be a part of her favorite trashy TV show, travel to a remote island, and embark on a journey for redemption, Marie-as-Luella takes the case. But the more she learns about Sex Island&’s dark underbelly, the harder it gets to make it out alive. She encounters shady producers, sleazy directors, contestants willing to do whatever it takes to win the $100,000 grand prize—and the dead body of the show&’s missing fan-favorite in her bathtub.Will she find the killer? Will she find herself? Will she find . . . love? Find out now, in Sex Island&’s most dramatic season yet.