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Remember the eighties,
that decade of decadence? So does Alison Waxman Koff, mistress of Maplebark Manor, a
huge estate in upper-class Layton, Connecticut. But the decadent eighties seem so far
away for Alison, whose second husband, Sandy, lost everything in the stock market crash
on Black Monday and then left her for his ex-wife, leaving her with nothing but a
gigantic estate and a ton of debt.
Out of desperation, Alison takes a job
as a maid for crabby, demanding Melanie Molony, an expose journalist who’s in town to
write a book about Layton dance-instructor-turned-actor-turned-senator, Alastair Downs.
Alison, a part-time journalist for the local paper (which Downs owns) is hoping to learn
a thing or two from her employer—but all she really learns is how to clean an entire
house twice a day and still manage to get up and do it again the next day. She hates her
job—and the only way she survives is by fantasizing about murdering her boss.
But someone else does that for her.
One morning, Alison
arrives and begins cleaning the house. When Melanie is overdue for her lunch break,
Alison goes to Melanie’s office and finds her dead. And when she calls the police to
report the murder, they put Alison at the top of their list of suspects. So, along with
Cullie, her repulsively-average-photographer-turned-love-interest, Alison tries to do a
little detective work of her own—before she’s arrested for
murder.
Okay…so Cha Cha Cha is totally cliché. It’s got
everything your typical cliché chick-lit needs—lots of dirty little secrets, wrongful
accusations, a lonely and down-and-out main character who’s rich and obnoxious in the
beginning but really has a heart of gold, a few racy scenes, and a couple of people who
hate each other in the beginning and then start to fall in love. If you’re looking for
something original—or for fine literature—don’t read this book. But if you’re looking
for a fun, relaxing read that will, despite its clichés, bring a smile to your face, it’s
perfectly okay to pick this one up. Sometimes humorous, sometimes over-the-top and
melodramatic, Cha Cha Cha is a good book to take on vacation and read by the
pool.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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