Award-Winning Author Nancy Mangano Presents Murder Can Be Messy

DURHAM, N.C. - Sept. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Award-winning author Nancy Mangano is proud to announce the official publication of Murder Can Be Messy, an intriguing tale of what happens when passions collide and the desire for power leads to murder.

About The Book

The stylish Los Angeles super sleuth Natalie North is at it again, busting adulterous, lowlife partners while always wearing a great pair of high heels!

To all outward appearances, Blake and Victoria Belmont are the envious Beverly Hills power couple. When PI Natalie is hired by the socialite Victoria Belmont to catch the magnetic Blake Belmont, the sole heir to the Belmont Beer fortune, with his billion dollar pants down, Natalie discovers Blake's double life. Natalie summons the help of her two wannabe spy friends, her boss Norton North, who happens to be her father, and Darren McAllister, her L.A. senior deputy district attorney love interest, to prevent the conniving Victoria from taking Blake for all of his worth.

Can Natalie intercede and prevent Blake's billion dollar breathing body from becoming a billion dollar corpse?

Joining in the adventure is Floyd Grayson, a handyman with a penchant for killing, who falls into Victoria's charming spell. Can Natalie interfere and foil the murder plot being devised by the scheming twosome to slaughter Blake Belmont and get their gluttonous hands on his billions of bucks brought in by his Belmont Beer empire?

In her latest sizzling, heartfelt mystery, author Nancy Mangano explores what happens when the elements of greed, lust, betrayal, adultery, power, and passion collide, and the desire to obtain the overpowering forces leads to murder.

Murder Can Be Messy was named 2012 Best Book of the Year in the Murder Mystery Genre by PageOneLit/Books&Authors.

Murder Can Be Messy (AuthorHouse, 9/2012) is available as a $3.99 digital download for Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and other eReader devices. The book is also available in paperback format (ISBN: 9781477265048, $19.95, 280 pp) and hardcover format (ISBN: 9781477265031, $28.99, 280 pp). For more information, please visit www.nancymangano.com.

About The Author

Nancy Mangano was born in Lansing, Michigan, and currently resides in Orange County, California. With a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and an Associate in Arts Degree in Criminal Justice, she has woven her love of detective work into her passion for writing.

A screenwriter and novelist, Nancy has published two novels, A Passion For Prying and Murder Can Be Messy. Her third novel, Fatal Forgiveness, will be released in 2014. Nancy has two feature film screenplays on the Hollywood market, “Pretties on the Prowl” and “Fatal Forgiveness”, and she also maintains a global author/fashion/style blog: http://www.passionforprying.wordpress.com.

In 2011, Nancy was voted “Best New Mystery Author”.

To learn more about Nancy Mangano, visit www.nancymangano.com or contact nmangano@netzero.net.