Sparkle Hayter

Robin Hudson Books and Naked Brunch

"Hilarious!"

 - Washington Post, Times of London, Toronto Globe and Mail, Le Monde, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, Vogue...

Last Girl Standing

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While producing a critically-reviled reality show in Paris, Robin gets caught up in the problems of her neighbor, a strange young woman who dumps a cat on Robin for "a weekend" and then disappears.

Bandit Queen Boogie

July 2004

"Thelma and Louise do Europe in Hayter's (the Robin Hudson female detective series) witty account of two American girls who go wild on vacation and end up in big trouble"

 - Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of her acclaimed Robin Hudson series already appreciate the wacky world of Sparkle Hayter, but this stand-alone comic thriller kicks it up several notches. Hayter's superhip version of chick lit features two twentysomething heroines who take Europe by storm on the ultimate post-college road trip. Icy blonde Chloe and tattooed brunette Blackie head for Italy, armed with backpacks and travel guides. Their main source of entertainment, however, soon proves to be ripping off the sleazy, lying married men who come on to them almost constantly. Although their schemes work perfectly at first, they soon mess with the wrong guy and steal a valuable statue of the Hindu god Ganesh. Among the multitude of fascinating characters populating Hayter's story are an East Indian mob family, a depressed newspaperman, and a spoiled runaway heiress who continually snorts coke. Hayter's stories work so well because she not only creates the interesting characters and over-the-top plots but because she does so in a dry, straight-faced prose style that makes it all the funnier."

 - Booklist

"In this latest from Hayter (Naked Brunch), two childhood friends travel across Europe the summer after their college graduation. The trip was meant for Chloe and her boyfriend, but after he dumps her, Blackie agrees to go instead. Unfortunately, brokenhearted Chloe is not much fun to be around-until the two decide to start robbing the sleazy married men who proposition them. Chloe soon perks up, getting addicted to the thrill and the possibility of being caught. Although the story centers on Chloe and Blackie, numerous characters and story lines come together when they steal a statue of the Hindu god Ganesh that contains a valuable treasure belonging to an Indian crime boss. He is soon on the trail of our heroines, as are a group of reporters trailing a runaway heiress for whom Chloe has been mistaken. The characters are vividly rendered, and Hayter deftly weaves together the varying story lines and settings. There's a lot going on in this novel, which is perfect for chick-lit fans who want to trade a little romance and glamour for a big dose of international intrigue"

 - Library Journal

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Naked Brunch

May 2001

Annie Engel, a mousy secretary and vegetarian, discovers she is turning into a werewolf during the full moon, a werewolf who can smell evil and is instinctively driven to eradicate it leaving a trail of corpses around the city. Luckily, she's not alone, there are many other like her in the big city, and a psychiatrist who specializes in treating them and rendering them harmless. But there's another Wolf loose, one who does not want to be rendered "harmless". Who will get to Annie first, the shrink or the lone wolf?

"What a phenomenally entertaining writer Hayter is"

 - Times of London

"Queen of modern offbeat storytelling"

 - The Scotsman

The Chelsea Girl Murders

May 2000

A fire in her apartment building sends Robin to her friend Tamayo's apartment at the Chelsea Hote, where she ends up hosting a sullen and difficult teenage boy whose star-crossed love affair embroils Robin in murder.

The Last Manly Man

July 1998

While New York City buzzes with the world's biggest feminist convention, a disoriented man in a hat sends Robin off in search of a dozen abducted bonobo apes and a mysterious manly drug.

Revenge Of The Cootie Girls

April 1997

What seems like an elaborate prank by an old friend leads Robin and her girlfriends on a night-long hunt through New York City on Halloween for her young intern Kathy.

Nice Girls Finish Last

April 1996

Is a dead gynecologist connected to New York's S&M scene? Is it related to attacks on ANN anchors? And is the link to all these events... Robin herself?

Winner of The Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective

What's A Girl Gotta Do?

January 1994

Why is a private investigator investigating the Investigative reporters of the All News Network? And who killed him?

"Put down the paper right now and go out to buy What's a Girl Gotta Do ... a mystery where you wait on the edge of your seat not for the next murder, but for the next thing Robin Hudson's going to say."

 - The Washington Post

Winner of The 1995 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel