sylvia scutlash, a hairdresser with more heart than hairspray, must untangle a family secret as wild as her coiffures. widowed, and fighting to keep the salon as her inheritance, sylvia's life takes a twist when she is initiated as a special agent. as she finds herself a member of the united guild of hairdressers, her adventure kicks off. sent to london to unravel the mystery of a hair dye disaster at the illustrious vitale crassoon's salon, sylvia finds herself knee-deep in more than just hair colour and needs to sharpen her new amateur sleuthing skills. with scissors at the ready and bobby pins as her secret weapon, sylvia must get to the root of her own family tree and solve the hair dye fiasco before fashion week. with a cast of colourful characters, hairy situations and laugh-out-loud humour, enjoy this cozy mystery that's anything but a routine trim.