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* BleachedUnderpants: In ''Death by Pantyhose'', Vic was blackmailing [[spoiler:Reagan Dixon]] with the [[spoiler:porno film she]] did in [[spoiler:her]] past.


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* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: In ''Death by Pantyhose'', Vic was blackmailing [[spoiler:Reagan Dixon]] with the [[spoiler:porno film she did in her past]].
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Jaine's mother Claudia had her and her husband retire to Florida from Hermosa Beach to be closer to the Creator/HomeShoppingNetwork (which she is addicted to), and thus be able to get her packages faster.

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* InsaneTrollLogic: Jaine's mother Claudia had her and her husband retire to Florida from Hermosa Beach to be closer to the Creator/HomeShoppingNetwork Home Shopping Network (which she is addicted to), and thus be able to get her packages faster.
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* CardboardPrison: Zigzagged in ''Death of a Bachelorette''. When Dallas is first seen locked up in the jail on Paratito, the key has been left in the lock of her cell. This would normally be fairly easy to escape, but since Dallas doesn't have a clue how to get back to the mansion "''Someday My Prince Will Come''" is filmed at, there wouldn't be much point in escaping. Besides, with the lovestruck Assistant Chief of Police willing to get her anything to make her comfy, [[LuxuryPrisonSuite she makes do.]]


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* LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision: King Konga, the native king of Paratito Island that Jaine meets in ''Death of a Bachelorette'', says he learned to speak English this way. His choice of programs is limited to things like ''The Dean Martin Show'' and ''Series/ILoveLucy'', so his use of terms like "groovy chick" is rather dated.
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* {{Gonk}}: King Konga from "Death of a Bachelorette" is described as this. In his 60's, fat, and most revoltingly, he only has 6 teeth in his mouth and only three hairs on his head.
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* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: One of the ways Muffy is just a terrible actress in ''Death by Smoothie''.

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* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: One of the ways Muffy Misty is just a terrible actress in ''Death by Smoothie''.
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** Mallory Francis from ''Pampered to Death'' loves mangos, so much so that she'd have no issue gambling a movie crew member's life by having him drive out in a hurricane to get her some. [[spoiler:It ends up biting her in the ass in the long run.]]

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** Mallory Francis from ''Pampered to Death'' loves mangos, so much so that she has a clause in her contract that she won't perform without them, and she'd have no issue gambling a movie crew member's life by having him drive out in a hurricane to get her some. [[spoiler:It ends up biting her in the ass in the long run.]]


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** [[spoiler:Cathy/Lorraine Sandoval]] believes this of Mallory Francis in ''Pampered to Death'', as the latter sent the former's husband, an assistant director on one of her movies on a run to get fresh mangoes '''''during a hurricane'''''. The guy crashed his car, spent 15 years in a wheelchair, and eventually [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].
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** Quinn Kirkland, the heartbreaking jerk from ''Last Writes''. Not only was he cheating on multiple women (one of which [[JailBait is likely underage]]), [[spoiler:but a careless prank of putting a snake in a glovebox while working as a valet got Wells Dumont's wife killed, which inspired Wells to kill Quinn.]]

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** Quinn Kirkland, the heartbreaking jerk from ''Last Writes''. Not only was he cheating on multiple women (one of which [[JailBait [[JailbaitTaboo is likely underage]]), [[spoiler:but a careless prank of putting a snake in a glovebox while working as a valet got Wells Dumont's wife killed, which inspired Wells to kill Quinn.]]
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That's more than can be said for the poor souls who wind up murdered: from a Thigh Master-beaten aerobics instructor to an actor taken out by a deadly donut to a Martha Stewart wannabe that gets electrocuted by her own hair dryer and many more, Jaine develops a side gig as an amuter slueth. Combined with her writerly knowledge, Jaine just might be able to solve these mysteries and get her life back on track.

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That's more than can be said for the poor souls who wind up murdered: from a Thigh Master-beaten aerobics instructor to an actor taken out by a deadly donut to a Martha Stewart wannabe that gets electrocuted by her own hair dryer and many more, Jaine develops a side gig as an amuter amateur slueth. Combined with her writerly knowledge, Jaine just might be able to solve these mysteries and get her life back on track.
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* #20: ''Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket'' (announced for July 2024)

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* #20: ''Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket'' (announced for July June 2024)
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* #20: ''Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket'' (announced for July 2024)

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* PlotAllergy: In ''The PMS Murder'', Marybeth Olsen is killed via someone taking advantage of her peanut allergy.


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* WeaponizedAllergy: In ''The PMS Murder'', Marybeth Olsen is killed via someone taking advantage of her peanut allergy.
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The ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' is a {{cozy mystery}} series by Laura Levine. The series debut in 2002 with new entries being published at least once per year.

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The ''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' is a {{cozy mystery}} series by Laura Levine. [[note]](No relation to the multi-disciplinary visual artist of the same name.)[[/note]] The series debut in 2002 with new entries being published at least once per year.
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Jaine Austen ([[Creator/JaneAusten no relation]]) is just one of many women trying to eke out a living in Los Angeles. She works as a freelance writer-for-hire, offering her pen to anyone in need of a resume, personal ad, or even confessions of love. Sure, she may not have the dream job she wants, her cat Prozac may be a nuisance, and her own love life may be on the fritz, but at least she still has a life.

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Jaine Austen ([[Creator/JaneAusten no relation]]) no, not that Jane]]) is just one of many women trying to eke out a living in Los Angeles. She works as a freelance writer-for-hire, offering her pen to anyone in need of a resume, personal ad, or even confessions of love. Sure, she may not have the dream job she wants, her cat Prozac may be a nuisance, and her own love life may be on the fritz, but at least she still has a life.
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Jaine Austen ([[Creator/JaneAusten no relation]]) is just one of many women trying to eke out a living in Los Angeles. She works as a freelance writer-for-hire, offering her pen to anyone in need of a resume, personal ad, or even confessions of love. Sure, she may not have the dream job she wants and her cat, Prozac, may be nucense, and her own love life may be on the fritz, but at least she still has a life.

That's more than can be said for the poor souls who wind up murdered: from a Thigh Master-beaten aerobics instructor to an actor taken out by a deadly donut to a Martha Stewart wannabe that gets electrocuted by her own hair dryer and many more, Jaine develops a side gig as an amuter sluthe. Combined with her writerly knowledge, Jaine just might be able to solve these mysteries and get her life back on track.

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Jaine Austen ([[Creator/JaneAusten no relation]]) is just one of many women trying to eke out a living in Los Angeles. She works as a freelance writer-for-hire, offering her pen to anyone in need of a resume, personal ad, or even confessions of love. Sure, she may not have the dream job she wants and wants, her cat, Prozac, cat Prozac may be nucense, a nuisance, and her own love life may be on the fritz, but at least she still has a life.

That's more than can be said for the poor souls who wind up murdered: from a Thigh Master-beaten aerobics instructor to an actor taken out by a deadly donut to a Martha Stewart wannabe that gets electrocuted by her own hair dryer and many more, Jaine develops a side gig as an amuter sluthe.slueth. Combined with her writerly knowledge, Jaine just might be able to solve these mysteries and get her life back on track.

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''Jaine Austen Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Laura Levine. The series features writer-for-hire Jaine Austen, who lives in Los Angeles and becomes embroiled in murder mysteries after one of her clients becomes a suspect.\\\

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Jaine Austen ([[Creator/JaneAusten no relation]]) is just one of many women trying to eke out a living in Los Angeles. She works as a freelance writer-for-hire, offering her pen to anyone in need of a resume, personal ad, or even confessions of love. Sure, she may not have the dream job she wants and her cat, Prozac, may be nucense, and her own love life may be on the fritz, but at least she still has a life.

That's more than can be said for the poor souls who wind up murdered: from a Thigh Master-beaten aerobics instructor to an actor taken out by a deadly donut to a Martha Stewart wannabe that gets electrocuted by her own hair dryer and many more, Jaine develops a side gig as an amuter sluthe. Combined with her writerly knowledge, Jaine just might be able to solve these mysteries and get her life back on track.

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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: This is how [[spoiler:Camille made it through sex with Dean]] in ''Murder Has Nine Lives''. [[spoiler:Her "Enland" was all of Dean's money she'd have alongside his wife]], but same diff.

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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: This is how [[spoiler:Camille made it through sex with Dean]] in ''Murder Has Nine Lives''. [[spoiler:Her "Enland" was Lives'', [[spoiler:by thinking about all of Dean's money she'd have alongside his wife]], but same diff.wife]].
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* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: The woman Jaine knows as [[spoiler:Daisy Kincaid]] in ''Death of a Gigolo'' is a somewhat dotty, but kind older woman who is [[NiceToTheWaiter very generous to her staff]] until Tommy weasels his way into her life. Now [[spoiler:Emma Shimmel, the woman who killer her and took over her identity called the real one "a sour old fossil of a boss" who made her life miserable, so it appears the image Emma puts on is in contrast to the real one's personality. Of course, given that Emma is, y'know, a ''murderer'', you could probably take this description with a grain of salt.]]

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* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: The woman Jaine knows as [[spoiler:Daisy Kincaid]] in ''Death of a Gigolo'' is a somewhat dotty, but kind older woman who is [[NiceToTheWaiter very generous to her staff]] until Tommy weasels his way into her life. Now [[spoiler:Emma Shimmel, the woman who killer killed her and took over her identity called the real one "a sour old fossil of a boss" who made her life miserable, so it appears the image Emma puts on is in contrast to the real one's personality. Of course, given that Emma is, y'know, a ''murderer'', you could probably take this description [[UnreliableNarrator with a grain of salt.salt]].]]

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