Sex on Murder Island: A Luella Van Horn Mystery

Octopus salad, a heated bidet, and a $10,000 advance—what more could ex-social worker Marie Jones want from her second case as PI Luella Van Horn in Firestone’s hilarious sequel to Murder on Sex Island? After cracking the case of a slaughtered reality show contestant, Marie takes a new assignment from wealthy New Yorker Mark Fontaine, who wants the lowdown on his cheating wife, Caitlin. According to Mark, Caitlin has been carrying on a tryst at Murder Island, an eerie private isle in the East River joint-owned by the Fontaines and other powerful East Coast families. Marie dons her blonde Luella wig and heads upriver to investigate. A short time into her stay, Mark appears, drugged-up and armed with a letter opener, and locks her in a room. She escapes down a rickety staircase, only to discover an orgy-in-progress in Caitlin and Mark’s sex dungeon and the dead body of Caitlin’s lover. Sexy waiters, spooky butlers, and a kinky boat pilot named Betsy all support Luella’s madcap murder investigation. For sheer laughs, this beats the previous book, and readers will hope to encounter the colorful cast of sidekicks in future installments. It’s a riot. Agent: Abby Saul, Lark Group. (June)