Saturday, April 6, 2024

Week 14 Review: Dead Tired

From Goodreads:
The second in a charming and hilarious mystery series by Kat Ailes, Dead Tired follows a group of new moms who didn't think their maternity leave would involve so much murder. "Full of charming characters, including Alice's goofy dog, this fast-paced, original cozy is great fun."—Publishers Weekly

Being a new mom is murder. Alice didn't think her maternity leave would involve so much, well, murder. Before becoming proud new moms, she and her friends bonded more than members of a prenatal group usually would, as they became accidental amateur sleuths and solved a crime together. Now, with all this behind them and Alice's son Jack somehow already a year old, Alice is keen to finally catch up on some sleep.

So when an opportunity presents itself in the unlikely form of an eco-protest, Alice and her friends willingly chain themselves to trees and settle in as an excuse to get some overdue rest. Not the most comfortable arrangement ever, but at this point, they'll take what they can get. However, the next morning one of their fellow protesters is found strangled, and any hope of a peaceful interlude is suddenly swept away. 

Soon Alice and her friends become entangled in a plot involving rogue artists, an enigmatic local entrepreneur, and nude (optional) protesting, offering an unexpected—but not necessarily unwelcome—break from changing diapers and wrestling baby toys away from Helen the dog. Alice, whose success rate in solving countryside murder is at an all-time high (one out of one), cannot resist the chance to demonstrate her detective skills once more, and assembles her gang of new moms to investigate this latest mystery in their not-so-sleepy English countryside village.

My Review:


Author: Kat Ailes
Series: The Expectant Detectives #2
Read: March 31st, 2024  
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Expected Publication: June 4th 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

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