title: Living the Vida Lola: A Lola Cruz Mystery
author: Misa Bourbon Ramirez
description: Ramirez's <i>muy caliente</i> debut introduces Dolores Lola Falcn Cruz, a Sacramento, Calif., PI whose kung fu moves are only part of her chica charm. A missing persons casethe disappearance of 42-year-old Emily Diggs, who left her six-year-old son, Sean, stranded at schoolturns into a murder investigation after a boater finds Emily's body near Riverbank Marina. Lola's old high school crush, Jack Callaghan, now a <i>Sacramento Bee</i> reporter, provides some unexpected help. Emily had approached Jack about her 18-year-old son Garrett's recent deathfrom what Emily believed was a heart infection due to a faulty tattoo. Lola's determined to uncover the facts and catch the killer, even if it means, gulp, getting a girly belly-button piercing. Ramirez keeps the action tight, the plot smart and humor light in this spicy blend of crime solving and romance. Lola's latina perspective adds extra sizzle. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  The Lola Cruz Christmas Story
  
  Melissa Bourbon Ramirez
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is
  coincidental.
  
  Copyright © 2012 by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez. All rights reserved, including
  the right to reproduce, distribute, or transmit in any form or by any means.
  For information regarding subsidiary rights, please contact the Publisher.
  
  Visit the author website at www.misaramirez.com
  
  ISBN 9781458175472
  
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  
  First Edition 2010
  
  Discover other titles by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez:
  
  [Living the Vida Lola](http://misaramirez.com/misas-books/)
  
  [Hasta la Vista, Lola!](http://misaramirez.com/misas-books/)
  
  [Bare-Naked Lola](http://www.amazon.com/Bare-Naked-Lola-Cruz-Mystery-
  ebook/dp/B0083JC2DS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1346371026&sr=8-2&keywords=bare-
  nake