Shoulder pads that refuse to apologize.

Roxy Carlisle runs Big Hair, her vintage shop on Ventura Boulevard. The place is packed with 1980s treasures: Vintage toys and acid-washed jackets. Vinyl records and cassettes. Swatch watches? You know it. Trapper Keepers? Every color.

With curls as high as Mount Kilimanjaro, Roxy looks like she stepped straight out of 1985. And that’s exactly the way she likes it. But she also has a knack for noticing the details other people miss. When something in her neighborhood feels off, Roxy’s radar starts flashing like a VCR stuck on 12:00.

Her world revolves around her chosen family: Susan, her anxious but fiercely loyal best friend; Jess, the glam hairdresser with a soft heart; and Joe and Phil, the sock-shop sages who work next door.

But life in Los Angeles isn’t always neon and nostalgia. When trouble shows up, Roxy is ready with quick instincts, a sharp eye for clues, and, of course, her trusty can of Aqua Net.

Her first adventure begins Spring 2027 in Hungry Like the Sleuth, a Big Hair Mystery from Kensington Publishing.