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This book is #1 in the Debutante Dropout Mystery by Ms. McBride. Andy (Andrea) Kendricks is a Dallas heiress, who decides that charity events and Junior League life is not her cup of tea. She just wants to live a normal life, despite her mother trying to fix her up with a lot of pedigreed men. Andy gets a phone call from Molly, her best friend from prep school days. Molly was raised in a series of foster homes but she was able to follow Andy to an art college with a scholarship. Molly never finished college, but ended up running off with her boyfriend to Paris where she got pregnant and then was dumped by him. Ten years later, Molly is calling Andy to ask for help. She has been accused of murdering her boss, Bud Hartman, at the local "Jugs" restaurant. Her boss was an unpopular man who often hit on the staff of girls, but he also had other enemies who wanted his business shut for good, including a TV preacher, and a fanatical Mothers Against Porn activist. Molly is denied bail, leaving Andy to take care of the woman's son. Andy has to ask her mother to provide Molly with a lawyer. Unfortunately, the lawyer also thinks Molly is guilty which doesn't help matters any. If Andy is to reunite mother and son she needs to find the killer. The only way she can think of doing that is slipping on a skintight pair of hot pants and stuffing her bra to a triple-D. Working undercover at "Jugs" brings her into close contact with all sorts of dangerous adversaries and a killer that doesn't like rich girls to meddle. This wasn't bad for a first book. The problem I had with it was there needed to be more suspects. It was way to easy to pick out the killer. No real twist or turns to make it harder. The "bad guys" were clear cut enough so you knew exactly who they were. I enjoy a book when I really have to think about the plot and characters more. I haven't read the rest of the books in this series but it would be interesting to know if they become more developed along the way. This is still a good lazy day read or a book for the beach. It does not tax your brain cells too much and does have a good sense of humor.Read full review
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