Sleuthing for a Living
ebook
Published June 21st 2016 by Smashwords Edition
From the #1 cozy mystery bestselling author of The Southern Pasta Shop Mysteries comes a new series that proves blood can be thicker than water...
Goodreads synopsis
As a young single parent, Mackenzie Elizabeth Taylor has struggled to provide for her teenage daughter. She finally catches a break when she inherits half of an apartment building in Boston from her uncle Al...along with his P.I. business. So what if she doesn’t know the first thing about investigation or if their hot-but-crabby downstairs tenant is a police detective who’s looking for any excuse to handcuff her? Her daughter, Mac the computer whiz, has her back. And these two girls don’t know the meaning of the word quit—not even when their first case takes an unexpected turn.
The man Mackenzie's been hired to follow in a custody case seems to have upset more than just her client when she spies another person tailing him—a mysterious man Mackenzie would bet is up to no good. But when her mark suddenly winds up dead, and her first and only client is accused of his murder, Mackenzie vows to find the truth. Only one problem: she doesn’t know where to start…or when to draw the line. Who is the mysterious man she spotted tailing the victim? Is he the killer? Is she in over her head, or will she uncover the secrets someone killed to keep hidden? Mackenzie and Mackenzie are on the case, and the world of private investigation will never be the same.
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4 Stars
I am perplexed by this story. In some ways I was annoyed by it. And in some ways I really enjoyed it.
The whole character set and dynamics reminded me of the Gilmore Girls which I think is odd. But there are no original stories, they say, so I guess I can overlook it. Then the naming of the main character and her daughter being the same really threw me in the beginning. I couldn’t figure out who was speaking for a bit until I realized this fact.
Once I got past all this, I started to enjoy the book and really did like it. Not too happy about the awkward ending but I guess they need to keep it fresh in order to continue the series.
So… awkward beginning, confusing beginning but in the end, it all worked out well.
I paid for this book with my own money.
Note: I thought I would relate the unusual circumstance of this publisher when I asked if I would be allowed to read ARCs. I was told that they really wanted people who would give five stars every time. Now, I only give five stars when I find something that is outstanding. I just don’t give it away like it is candy. 5 star ratings have to mean something, at least to me. They told me that they would like me to read the book and if I found something wrong that would make me rate it lower to let them know and then they would change it and then that would allow me to give it a 5 star rating. Uh. I don’t think so. At the time of my reading if it is a 3 star quality in my eyes, I’m giving it a 3. I think it is a little underhanded to want me to rate it 5 stars just in case they change anything to make it better before publishing. And anyway, shouldn’t the publishing company be responsible for making the book as great as it can be when they are doing galleys and whatnot? Making the ARC reader responsible for making their book better is sort of like when the big auto makers send all their stuff to Mexico and try to make the product cheaper by using not as experienced workers. Okay, rant over but it annoyed me. And so obviously, I chose not to be an ARC reader there.
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