Kate desperately wants to NOT go back to work after her 6 week maternity leave is over. She falls in love with the idea of becoming a Private Investigator after learning that established PI, Galigani, makes $200 an hour. Kate sees it as a challenge and away for her to earn money while still being with her new baby, Laurie.
Author Sheldon Siegel (Judgment Day) calls Bundle of Trouble "Deftly plotted". I completely agree. I've read a lot of mysteries (especially cozies) and I can sometimes pick out the kill way before the protagonist even suspects them. That was NOT the case with Bundle of Trouble. I did suspect the person who ends up being the guilty party, but they were not the only one I suspected (right along with Kate).
First-time mom Kate Connolly is bringing up baby- and bringing down a killer.
Kate Connolly may have found the perfect work-from-home Mommy job: private investigator. After all, the hours are flexible, she can bring the baby along on stake-outs, and if you-re going to be up all night anyway, you might as well solve some crimes. But when a body is pulled from San Francisco Bay that may be her brother-in-law, Kate must crack the case faster than you can say "diaper rash" in order to keep her family together.
Because of Diana Orgain's Bundle of Trouble, I ignored my family for an entire afternoon. I ended up throwing together a last minute dinner of grilled cheese, oops! I will definitely be looking out for #2 in the Maternal Instincts Mystery series.
Title: Bundle of Trouble (A Maternal Instincts Mystery)
Author: Diana Orgain
ISBN: 9780425229248
Pages: 304
Published by: Berkley Prime Crime (August 4, 2009)
Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Cozy, Part of a Series
Grade: A+ What does this grade mean?
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Laura @ I'm Booking It
A Real Librarian @ Confessions of a Real Librarian
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Books in this series:
Bundle of Trouble**
Motherhood is Murder (being released March 2010)
**This review.
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This looks and sounds so awesome!! I am going to run and add it to my Amazon wish list right now!! Thx!
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