(When the principal of Hollywood's premier preschool is killed in a hit-and-run accident, public defender turned stay-at-home mom Juliet Applebaum gets off the mommy track-to track down a murderer.

Ayelet Waldman has given birth to a fresh new franchise with her Mommy-Track Mysteries. Juliet Applebaum is smart, fearless, and completely candid...Kinsey Millhone would approve. (Sue Grafton)

Funny, clever, touching, original, wacky and wildly successful. (Carolyn G. Hart)

Humorous...Juliet's voice is strong and appealing. (Publisher Weekly)

Unique. (Tribune-Review Pittsburgh, PA)

[Juliet is] a lot like Elizabeth Peters' warm and humorous Amelia Peabody-a brassy, funny, quick-witted protagonist. (Houston Chronicle)

Nursery Crimes, progeny of first-ti

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