Organized for Murder
by Ritter Ames
Organized Mysteries, Book 1
Fiction / Contemporary / Cozy Mystery
Available February 2014
Gemma Halliday Publishing
250 pages
About the Book
The right business hook is the most
important criteria for success, and Kate McKenzie thinks she’s found a
perfect one. As an organizational expert, Kate knows Americans are
running out of space and money, and renting more storage units is
usually not the best solution. Starting an organizational
business, Stacked in Your Favor, in her new hometown of Hazelton,
Vermont seems like an answer to her family’s budget problems and an
answer to southern Vermonters’ prayers. Business looks good when she
snags collector, Amelia Nethercutt, as her first client, signing on to
organize the wealthy woman’s eccentrically-filled mansion. But things
take a turn beyond chaos when Amelia is murdered and Kate’s fingerprints
are found on the poison that killed her.
My Thoughts
With a professional organizer as the main character—turned prime suspect and then lead "investigator"—Organized for Murder was a fun read. At times I was a bit overwhelmed by the number of characters, but that ended up adding to the enjoyment as one after the other became my prime suspect.
I enjoyed getting to know Kate and her family. At times I wanted to shout, "Are you crazy?! Don't do that!" But I suppose it wouldn't be a very fun book if everyone played by the rules all the time. *wink* I can see that she will be a fun character to follow in other books.
My one complaint is that there seemed to be a lot of discussion about what was happening in the book and the action was a little slower. However, it was still a good book! [3.5 stars]
I enjoyed getting to know Kate and her family. At times I wanted to shout, "Are you crazy?! Don't do that!" But I suppose it wouldn't be a very fun book if everyone played by the rules all the time. *wink* I can see that she will be a fun character to follow in other books.
My one complaint is that there seemed to be a lot of discussion about what was happening in the book and the action was a little slower. However, it was still a good book! [3.5 stars]
I received a free copy of this book from the author through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours in exchange for my fair and honest review.
Note: While most of the books I review on this site are Christian fiction, this book is written for the general market. There is a small amount of "language" sprinkled throughout, but otherwise this is a clean read.
Note: While most of the books I review on this site are Christian fiction, this book is written for the general market. There is a small amount of "language" sprinkled throughout, but otherwise this is a clean read.
About the Author
Ritter Ames lives in a small town in the
middle of America, but spends each day globe trotting the art world
from her laptop, with her cat riding shotgun and Pandora blasting from
the speakers. COUNTERFEIT CONSPIRACIES is her first full-length fiction. A second cozy mystery series, starting with ORGANIZED FOR MURDER will be released by Gemma Halliday Publishing in January 2014. She tries to blog regularly at http://ritterames.wordpress.com/ and uses her Pinterest boards at http://www.pinterest.com/ritterames/
to capture great places and ideas she wants to use in both series.
Follow her blog and boards to learn more about Ritter and her upcoming
books.
Ritter Ames Online
Giveaways
The author is graciously giving away an e-copy of one of her books (Counterfeit Conspiracies or Organized Murder) to one of my readers! Open internationally. Giveaway ends April 8. Enter through the Giveaway Tools widget below.
There is also a Grand Prize Giveaway for this tour! The prize is a hard copy of Organized Murder and some organizational goodies. Enter through the Rafflecopter below. Note: I am not facilitating this giveaway but am posting as part of the tour.)
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Thanks so much for taking the time to review the novel, and for offering this great "stop" on my virtual book tour :)
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