Detective Cases and Horse Racing

This is book #1 of a book series about a private detective named Peggy Mears, who lives in a penthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also includes HORSE RACING!!! She is killed by one of her clients, but the culprit is not revealed until the end of the series; although there are clues throughout the various books. She is recently divorced and in between her latest bad perm and horrendous hair color choice. Her glasses are missing yet again, and her boyfriend is a pilot who is never home. Plagued with debt, she decides to open a detective agency. Filled with spunk, wit, and funny one-liners, this is a story filled with personality.