Skin and Blond — V.J. Chambers

Gritty. Provocative. Bloody. Blond.

from USA Today bestselling author V. J. Chambers

Ever since blond detective Ivy Stern got herself kicked off the police force, she's been slumming it as a private detective, mostly chasing cheating husbands. In some ways, it's better this way. She's free to do as she pleases, and there's no one throwing around phrases like “sex addiction” or “conduct unbecoming an officer.” Ivy never figured her sex life was anyone's business anyway.

When a distraught brother shows up in her office, claiming his sister has been murdered, Ivy's all over the case. The only thing Ivy's better at than sex is solving murder cases. And this one is intriguing.

There's no evidence that the victim has been killed, but she's gone, leaving everything behind from her cell phone to her credit cards. Everything except her bed sheets.

And that's not even mentioning the victim's cheating ex-boyfriend, her drug habit, and her ties to the Irish mob.