And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman; published 2012 by William Morrow (HarperCollins)
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Opening line: “Suburban Madam Dead in Apparent Suicide.”
Plot:
Heloise is a modern-day madam. On paper, she is a lobbyist for the Women’s Full Employment Network and a somewhat aloof single mom. But that life is a cover for her real business: prostitution. Heloise is very smart and…