They're dying for a date—but who's killing them? It's not easy getting back into the dating scene after fourteen years of marriage and eight years as a divorcée. But armed with a gift certificate to the New You Center for Dating, Jimi Plain is headed for action, thanks to her determined grandmother and two teenage daughters. The problems begin when she arrives early for her videotaped interview and finds her drop-dead-gorgeous dating counselor...dead. Is it a crime of passion, the work of a disgruntled dater, or something even more insidious? As Jimi eases into courses designed to whip her into marketable shape, she scouts the aggressively charming owner, the buff trainers, the flirtatious counselors—and the lovelorn clients. When Jimi's own budding social life takes a dangerous turn, she gets the she's too close for comfort. But it's too late to leave the sleuthing to her detective cousin. The killer has just struck again. And Jimi thinks she knows who's next....

With her newly permed hair and eyes only for her ex, Linda Kraner is a walking advertisement for the heartbreak of divorce. Jimi Plain knows. She has been where her friend is now: lost in the madness and denial of a freshly broken marriage. That's why Jimi and Linda attend a divorce support group. Unfortunately, so does a killer. The first victim is a slick tax accountant whose bed was seeing more action than his spreadsheets. Suddenly, Jimi realizes that among the dumpers and dumpees, the deniers and the walking wounded, are some secret liaisons and a legacy of untimely deaths. With two teenage daughters and a household that includes her grandmother and her police detective cousin, Jimi doesn't have time to play sleuth. But when a second killing strikes the group and suspicions point at Linda, Jimi cannot afford denial. Her own life depends on the truth....