Ellery Tinsdale is a 40-something third-grade teacher with gray-blond hair who tops out at 6 feet and 200 pounds. To her surprise, she's been summoned to Braddocks Beach, Ohio, to claim an inheritance left by an aunt she never knew she had. Turns out Aunt Izzy Tinsdale was the town's very rich "Queen Bee" and Ellery is her only living relative. When Chief Bennett learns of Ellery and her large inheritance, he promptly accuses her of murdering her Aunt Izzy for the money as it "just stands to reason."

Enter the second blond to the rescue, Samantha Greene. This petite firecracker with a pile of cascading platinum curls that barely reach Ellery's earlobe, quickly dismisses the Police Chief as a fool and sets about introducing the town's new "royalty" to its inhabitants. Not only does Sam make over Ellery's wardrobe, social calendar, and etiquette, she enlists Ellery’s reluctant help in finding "Mizizzy's" real killer.

Soon this unlikely sleuthing duo is up to their respective chins in madcap pandemonium. From potlucks to potshots the women wend their way through a maze of clues and suspects, disregarding civil rules (but never social decorum!) to bring the villain to justice.

Ormerod is adept in the use of metaphor and simile, packing her prose with hundreds of laugh out loud comparisons. She also has an amazing talent for creating unforgettable characters that readers will quickly adore. And wisely, she's left readers with a hint of a new case to anticipate in Blond Luck.