Bookish Buys: Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder by Bellamy Rose
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Step into your Pomona Afton era with an outfit that commands attention—whether you're taking center stage at a glittering gala or getting down to business (detective-style) in the real world.
For a night of high society, intrigue, and power plays, channel Pomona’s unapologetic glamour in a long, red dress paired with bright red stilettos. This look isn’t just bold—it’s a declaration. Whether you’re sipping champagne, exchanging sharp-witted banter, or making a dramatic exit, you’ll embody the confidence of a woman who knows exactly what she wants… or at least, knows how to fake it until she does.
But when it’s time to ditch the ballgown and chase down clues, it’s all about effortless cool. A crisp white button-down, light blue linen shorts, a matching baseball cap, sneakers in a similar shade, and dark sunglasses? That’s the uniform of someone who means business—whether she’s solving a high-stakes mystery or simply navigating the chaos of everyday life with a no-nonsense attitude.
Both outfits prove that being the main character is about more than just looking the part—it’s about stepping into every scene with confidence, wit, and just the right amount of chaos. So, slip into your red stilettos or throw on that baseball cap, because whether you're playing heiress or detective, one thing is certain: you’re about to turn heads.
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Bookish Buys: Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder by Bellamy Rose
About Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder by Bellamy Rose:
A spoiled heiress must investigate her grandmother’s death in order to gain back her trust fund, all while discovering how to be her own person and maybe even in falling in love in this rom-com meets murder mystery.
When Pomona Afton, Upper East Side hotel heiress, stumbles out of a gala and upon the scene of her grandmother’s murder, her first thought is that the society queen won’t be missed for her kind, cookie-baking ways. In fact, she was mean, greedy, and paranoid—so paranoid that she secretly slipped a clause into her will mandating that, should she die an unnatural death, all the family assets get frozen. And if the “unnatural death” isn’t explained? Those accounts stay frozen.
Practically overnight, Pomona is locked out of her penthouse with no other option than to move in with a roommate: Gabe, the irritable (yet handsome) son of her former nanny. Not only is his apartment cramped, but it doesn’t even have a doorman. Or a chef! Pom needs someone to solve this murder, like, yesterday, so she can get her trust fund back.
And Gabe? He needs this murder solved because that’s the only way his mother, who toiled for the Afton family for years, will ever get the retirement money she deserves. As Pom’s family clams up, blocking the police at every turn, Pom quickly realizes that if she wants her glamorous life back, she’s going to have to put on her big-girl Manolos and do it herself…with the help of Gabe, who she’s falling for more and more by the day.
Can Pomona Afton (who previously couldn’t solve a crossword in the bath on a hungover Sunday) actually solve this murder? And if she does return to her former life of luxury, will it be worth the possibility of losing Gabe?
