Summary: When 28-year-old Agnes Blythe, the contented
bifocals-wearing half of an academic power couple, is jilted by her professor
boyfriend for the town Pilates instructor, her future is suddenly less than
certain. So when her glamorous, eccentric Great Aunt Effie arrives in town and
offers a job helping to salvage the condemned Stagecoach Inn, what does Agnes
have to lose? But work at the inn has barely begun when the unlikely duo find
the body of manipulative Kathleen Todd, with whom Agnes and Effie both have
recently had words. Words strong enough to land them at the top of
the suspect list.
The pair have clearly been framed, but no one else seems interested in finding the real murderer and Agnes and Effie's sleuthing expertise is not exactly slick. Nevertheless, they're soon investigating a suspect list with laundry dirtier than a middle school soccer team's and navigating threats, car chases, shotgun blasts, and awkward strolls down memory lane. In Bad Housekeeping, the first novel in the Agnes & Effie cozy mystery series by Maia Chance, danger mounts, deadlines loom, ancient knob-and-tube wiring is explored, and the ladies learn a thing or two about the awful, wonderful mistake that is going back home.
Angie’s comments: Agnes is an appealing character – I can definitely relate to
her. Bad Housekeeping is a zany cozy
mystery, like the Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s.
Recommended for readers who enjoy zany cozy
mysteries.
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November 22, 2017
Bad Housekeeping
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