"A sharp, hilarious romp through a spot-on believable women's magazine." -Sally Koslow, former Editor-in-Chief of McCall's "An essential novel...engaging, sensitive, and so much fun...I wanted to hang out with the women of Hers Magazine long after I'd turned the last page." -Diana Spechler, author of Skinny Leah Brenner suspects she won't be on the payroll much longer either. A telecommuting, breast milk-pumping mom of three doesn't mesh with her...

All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. In the 1930s, Grant McAllister, a mathematics professor turned author, worked them out, hiding their secrets in a book of crime stories. Then Grant disappeared. Thirty years later, ambitious editor Julia Hart arrives on a secluded island. She intends to republish these mysteries and she?s finally tracked Grant down. But there?s something curious about his seven murderous tales. The stories? secrets...