Freelance writer Jaine Austen thought she knew what she was getting herself into when she landed a gig working behind the scenes at a teen beauty pageant But between the vicious stage moms exacting judges and trash-talking teens shersquos not sure shersquos the woman for the jobmdashespecially when the catfights turn deadlyhellipJaine has been hired by uumlber-pushy stage mom Heather Van Sant to write lyrics for her daughter Taylorrsquos song in the talent competition for the Miss Teen Queen America pageant Itrsquos different from anything Jaine has done before but if nothing else shersquos looking forward to a free weekend in a swanky hotel and a chance to see what really goes on backstage at a beauty pageant But the hotel is a dump the cattiness is out of control and Candacemdashthe perfectly-coiffed whip-cracking pageant directormdashis making even Jainersquos life miserableWhen Candacersquos assistant Amy is found bludgeoned to death with a silver tiara there are more suspects than sequins on a pageant gownmdashand Heather is first on the list Taylor begs Jaine to help clear her momrsquos name but the search for the killer hits a dead end as Jaine quickly realizes that finding the culprit is going to be trickier than walking the stage in stilettoshellip.
