Makeup & Murder. By: Stephanie Damore

I have to admit that I was concerned that this one would be very "girlie" because of the makeup theme-color me surprised and thrilled with this book!  Our heroine, Ziva is not as girlie as I assumed she would be, she was fabulously tough and girlie and a no BS kind of person.  Another great item of note in this book is the set of multi-cultural characters.  A well structured mystery, and colorful characters help propel Ziva through the start of this wonderful series.