Ink Flamingos: A Tattoo Shop Mystery
by Karen E. OlsonPaperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (June 7, 2011)
Source: review copy provided by the Penguin Group
Objective review: 5/5
Product description: Dee Carmichael, lead singer of the pop sensation The Flamingoes, has been one of Brett Kavanaugh's most dedicated customers at her tattoo shop. When Dee is discovered dead surrounded by ink pots and needles, Brett is branded a suspect. It seems that someone is impersonating Brett. And if she doesn't act fast, the killer is sure to put the dye in dying once again...
Comments: I enjoyed "Ink Flamingos" so much that I plan to read the other three in the series. The setting is unique - a tattoo shop near famous hotels on the Las Vegas strip. The main character and amateur sleuth owns the shop, is a tattoo artist, and of course has tattoos herself. The plot is original - a well known singer, allergic to tattoo dyes, is found dead in her hotel room. Brett, the tattoo shop owner, is a suspect in the death, as someone looking like her was seen leaving the hotel room where the singer's body was found. The plot unfolds...and I never guessed the real culprit. A nice easy read with descriptions of the layout of Las Vegas and some of its hotels mixed into the plot.
