Vice and Virtue - Libby Klein

Vice and Virtue

By: Libby Klein

Hardcover | 29 April 2025

At a Glance

Hardcover


$51.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $12.94 with

 or 

Available: 29th April 2025

Preorder. Will ship when available.

Layla Virtue, a blue-haired, 30-something recovering alcoholic and former cop is trying to reinvent herself as a musician-between AA meetings, dodging eccentric neighbors at her trailer park, and reconnecting with her mysterious dad-in this ?unforgettable new mystery brimming with hilarity and heart for readers of Margot Douaihy, Jane Pek, and Darynda Jones.

Layla Virtue, a blue-haired, 30-something recovering alcoholic and former cop is trying to reinvent herself as a musician-between AA meetings, dodging eccentric neighbors at her trailer park, and reconnecting with her mysterious dad-in this ?unforgettable new mystery brimming with hilarity and heart for readers of Margot Douaihy, Jane Pek, and Darynda Jones.

Layla is taking her new life one day at a time from the Lake Pinecrest Trailer Park she now calls home. Being alone is how she likes it. Simple. Uncomplicated. Though try telling that to the group of local ladies who are in relentless pursuit of Layla as their new BFF, determined to make her join them for coffee and donuts.

Meanwhile, since her first career ended in a literal explosion, Layla's trying to eke out a living as a rock musician. It's not easy competing against garage bands who work for tacos and create their music on a computer, while all she has is an electric guitar and leather-ish pants. But Layla isn't in a position to turn down any gig. Which is why she's at an 8-year-old's birthday party, watching as Chuckles the Clown takes a bow under the balloon animals. No one expects it will be his last . . .

Who would want to kill a clown-and why? Layla and her unshakable posse are suddenly embroiled in the seedy underbelly of the upper-class world of second wives and trust fund kids, determined to uncover what magnetic hold a pudgy, balding clown had over women who seem to have everything they could ever want. Then again, Layla knows full well that people are rarely quite what they seem-herself included . . .

More in Crime & Mystery Fiction

The Wolf Tree - Laura McCluskey

SIGNED COPY

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$20.95

40%
OFF
Unbury the Dead : They Messed with the Wrong Women - Fiona Hardy
Never Never Collector's Edition - COLLEEN HOOVER

RRP $39.99

$25.95

35%
OFF
Making a Killing : DI Fawley - Cara Hunter

RRP $32.99

$22.75

31%
OFF
The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey : A Novel - Astrid Dahl

RRP $32.99

$26.95

18%
OFF
Bonded in Death : An Eve Dallas thriller (In Death 60) - J. D. Robb
When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole - Geoff Parkes

RRP $34.99

$22.95

34%
OFF
Paranoia : (Michael Bennett 17) - James Patterson

RRP $34.99

$17.95

49%
OFF
25 Alive : (Women's Murder Club 25) - James Patterson

RRP $34.99

$22.75

35%
OFF
Nemesis - Gregg Hurwitz

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$22.75

35%
OFF
Open Season - Jonathan Kellerman

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$17.95

49%
OFF
Persuader : (Jack Reacher 7) - Lee Child

RRP $22.99

$14.95

35%
OFF
Down Cemetery Road : Zoe Boehm Thrillers : Book 1 - Mick Herron

RRP $22.99

$15.75

31%
OFF
The Consultant : The darkly funny, satirical Korean thriller - Im Seong-sun
How to Kill a Client - Joanna Jenkins

RRP $22.99

$22.35

The Grapevine - Kate Kemp

Paperback

RRP $32.99

$22.95

30%
OFF
The Last Voice You Hear : Zoe Boehm Thriller : Book 2 - Mick Herron