Genre: Cozy
Mystery/Woman Sleuth
Description:
“Since Kat Waters’s father took a trip to the slammer on what she’s
sure are trumped-up racketeering charges, life’s been tough. All their assets
are frozen, and she’s down to the last few pairs of Jimmy Choos she can swap
for rent. To keep her family out of the homeless shelter, the former socialite
took a job at the local morgue—a job she’s about to lose when the body of a
murder victim goes missing on her watch.
While Kat’s processing the latest victim in the prostitute serial
killings, ex-Special Forces soldier Burns McPhee strolls in with an air of
confidence, expecting access to the Jane Doe. While Burns tries to flirt his
way into examining the latest victim, whom he thinks is connected to the death
of his best friend, someone else steals the body right out from under them.
Dodging questions from the cops and kidnapping attempts from a
body-snatching psycho, Kat and Burns forge a deal. He’ll clear her name and
keep her safe if she gets him information on her peculiar coworkers, one of
whom he’s certain is involved with the body heist. But digging up secrets can
lead to a lower life expectancy. The unlikely team will need all their talents
not to end up as the morgue’s next clients while they hunt for a murderer, the
missing corpse, and a pair of diamond-studded stilettos.”
Author:
MJ O'Neill: “As the owner of a boutique chocolate factory in Atlanta,
MJ O'Neill loves to write lighthearted, romantic mysteries with a sweet twist.
She has a degree in business communications from North Carolina State
University. When she's not spinning a sweet yarn or creating delicious
confections, she spends time with her husband, their kids, a hyperactive cocker
spaniel named Devo (after the band), a princess tabby cat named Twilight
(before the book stole her name) and a collection of stray fish. The whole gang
can be found tooling around the back roads of the South in their RV where MJ
uses the downtime to hatch her next sweet plot.”
Appraisal:
Katherine Waters is a socialite who had a lucrative career and a
fiancé in Boston until her father was sent to prison for racketeering. Her
fiancé dumps her and she leaves her job to move back to St. Louis to help her
mom and grandmother since all of their finances have been frozen. They also had
to leave their elegant family home. Grandma’s friend Claude, helps them find a
small house they can rent, he also helps Kat find employment at a hospital
morgue utilizing her minor in biology.
Things go amok for Kat when a body is stolen from the morgue one
evening while covering for a fellow employee. The cast is full of oddball
characters that range to fellow employees, doctors, hospital security, and the
Russian mob. Kat takes it upon herself to try to recover the stolen body, or at
least find out what happened to her since the detectives don’t seem to
appreciate the details of the crime she gives them. The over-the-top storyline
is humorous as it twists into areas I would have never expected. While the
story arc of the corpse is resolved there is a larger arc that concerns Kat’s
father’s incarceration. And who exactly is Claude? And will Kat ever give Burns
McPhee a chance to become more than a friend? And what does Simon think Kat has
that belongs to him? Dun, dum, dunnnnnn…
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 75-80,000 words
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