The Mah Jongg Madam

By Janet Meyers Colman

People do not usually think of escort services, blackmail, and murder when they consider the traditional game of mah jongg. Then again, mah jongg is no longer the time-honored, staid game that your grandmother played. Set in the leafy, sleepy suburbs of New Jersey, The Mah Jongg Madam is a campy, lady-lit novel. Contemporary and approachable, it will resonate with anyone who has endured their own troublesome version of mid-life angst.After being mistaken as a high-end hooker, Julia, the attractive, well heeled protagonist, puts her indignation aside and realizes the lucrative and exciting potential of running an escort service out of her home. She enlists the help of her mah jongg group- four women, each who has her own justifiable reason for taking a walk on the wild side. These are women who by all appearances seem to have everything going for them. But looking beneath the surface of the superficial can expose the many reasons why some choose to risk "everything" for money, excitement, and carnal pleasure.The five friends enjoy, even thrive from, their success as "escorts" until circumstances threaten to expose their secrets and destroy their families. These Jewish, desperate housewives find themselves in the throes of blackmail and potentially even murder. Nothing in their seemingly normal and privileged upbringing could have prepared them for what unfolds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1456553518
• ISBN13: 9781456553517
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"