Snowed Under (A Maggie McDonald Mystery #6)
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Kindle Edition
Expected publication: June 9th 2020 by Lyrical Press
Goodreads synopsis:
When professional organizer Maggie McDonald finds a body in a snowdrift outside her friend's ski cabin, she must plow through the clues to find a cold-blooded killer . . .
Lake Tahoe in February is beautiful, but Maggie can't see a thing as she drives through a blinding blizzard with her friend Tess Olmos and their dogs, golden retriever Belle and German shepherd Mozart.Maggie has offered her professional decluttering skills to help Tess tidy up her late husband's cabin in preparation to sell. She also plans to get in some skiing when her husband Max and their boys join them later in the week.
What she doesn't plan on is finding a boot in a snowdrift attached to a corpse. The frozen stiff turns out to be Tess's neighbor, Dev Bailey, who disappeared two months ago. His widow Leslie expresses grief, but Maggie can't help but wonder if it's a snow job. As more suspects start to pile up, things go downhill fast, and Maggie must keep her cool to solve the murder before the killer takes a powder . . .
Lake Tahoe in February is beautiful, but Maggie can't see a thing as she drives through a blinding blizzard with her friend Tess Olmos and their dogs, golden retriever Belle and German shepherd Mozart.Maggie has offered her professional decluttering skills to help Tess tidy up her late husband's cabin in preparation to sell. She also plans to get in some skiing when her husband Max and their boys join them later in the week.
What she doesn't plan on is finding a boot in a snowdrift attached to a corpse. The frozen stiff turns out to be Tess's neighbor, Dev Bailey, who disappeared two months ago. His widow Leslie expresses grief, but Maggie can't help but wonder if it's a snow job. As more suspects start to pile up, things go downhill fast, and Maggie must keep her cool to solve the murder before the killer takes a powder . . .
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4.5 Stars
I thought this book was great. But I felt it was missing the love interest connection since her husband and kids were stuck at home while she waited out the multiple storms.
The premise: Professional organizer, Maggie McDonald travels to her friend's ski cabin in order to assist her with organizing and letting go of all things that had accumulated there over the years. Tess thinks she is ready to move on and put the cabin up for sale. However, the discovery of a dead body in their cul de sac
and the multiple incoming storms gives her time to rethink her decisions.
I am not exactly sure the purpose of this setting and characters. I assume this is just a standalone book in the overall series. But the author had to practically create an entire new cast here in book six of the series. I have not read other books in this collection but I am sure there is a group of original secondary characters who are not being used.
I liked the police detective who just happened to live in the same block. Plus, the sense of community here is great. During storms they have to rely on each other and because of that grow really close.
I think I will need to read other books in the collection to really judge this series fully. I want to experience Maggie in her normal setting.
Overall, it was a wonderful read that gives you a great sense of friendship and closeness between neighbors while keeping us interested in the whodunit.
I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I want to thank NetGalley,the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.
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