Blog Tour: Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower
Please join Amanda Flower as she tours the blogosphere with her new book, Maid of Murder!
To learn more about Amanda, please visit her website! And a note for all Clevelanders – Amanda will be signing books at Joseph Beth Booksellers at Legacy Village on August 25th!
Reviewed by Erin N.
In a Northeastern Ohio town that “connected itself with civilized New England and distanced itself from its Midwestern-ness,” a wedding and murder threaten to tear a liberal activist family down to its very foundation. India Hayes’ childhood friend returns home to get married and instead meets a terrible end at Martin University’s campus. And all fingers point to India’s brother, Mark.
India is the middle child of Presbyterian Reverend Lana Hayes and the wheelchair bound Mr. Alden Hayes. Along with her older sister, Carmen, and her younger brother, Mark, she has spent her entire life in the Akron suburb of Stripling. Working as a librarian at Martin University where her brother is a member of the mathematics faculty, India spends her free time indulging in her painting and pampering her cat. That is, until Olivia Blocken, her estranged best friend (and her brother’s unrequited love), blows into town [amazonify]1594148643[/amazonify]on the 4th of July with an arsenal of emotional fireworks. Suddenly, India is plunged right in the middle of a murder investigation, desperately trying to clear her brother’s name and find justice for her erstwhile friend.
Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower is a riveting tale of murder and family dynamics. Permeating throughout the story are unforgettable, eccentric characters, amusing anecdotes of Northeast Ohio life, and tongue-in-cheek humor that captivates the reader in this page-turning mystery. Amanda Flower truly captures the essence of traditional mystery writing, complete with an ending that leaves the reader saying, “Why didn’t I see that coming?”
Erin fell in love with the written word as a small child and subsequently spent most of her life happily devouring literature. She works as a freelance news, marketing, and technical writer. Erin lives just outside of Cleveland, Ohio with her husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Category: Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
I love mysteries, you can have some variety from thriller to cozy. This one turns out to be a cozy. It is only available from Amazon on kindle so I put it on my Wish List. Think I will need a separate wish list for Kindle.
Most of the times, cozies come in series so I wonder why I didn’t see more by her. That was interesting about the family distancing themselves from being Midwest and thought of themselves New Englanders.
Carol Wong
This does sound like a fun read, and with an ending that you truly don’t see coming I don’t think you can go wrong. Now, since mysteries are not my favorite genre, it would really need to keep me guessing to keep my interest. Sounds like this book would do that. Thanks for the review!
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This sounds like a interesting book. I like the regional Ohio connection and the fact that the murder victim is annoying to the book’s characters. I am already suspecting India, who is investigating the murder, as being the murderer. Probably not the case, but too early to speculate on the other characters, unless Mark really did in or the victim staged her death.
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I’m not normally a mystery girl. But having the main character be a librarian with a pampered cat? Hello? That’s me! Just add a rabbit to the mix too, haha … This sounds like a zany read. May have to take a deep breath and give mysteries a shot — select mysteries, that involve librarians.
hehe