Wednesday 27 June 2018

Just Murdered (A Dead-End Job Mystery Book 4) by Elaine Viets


Just Murdered (A Dead-End Job Mystery Book 4) by [Viets, Elaine]

From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets—the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.

After all she’s endured with her own marriage, divorce, and subsequent flight from alimony, Helen Hawthorne getting a job at Millicent’s Bridal Salon is ironic in the extreme. But the pay is in cash and that’s what matters for Helen to stay incognito.

But there’s no amount of cash worth having to deal with the abominable Kiki—a wealthy witch who’s lording it over her daughter’s wedding plans with the aim of making the day all about Kiki, not the bride. She also thinks her money makes her invulnerable…but she’s proven wrong when she’s found smothered to death with her daughter’s wedding dress. And worse, the cops seem to think Helen is responsible.

Now, Helen has to keep her identity secret and prove her innocence before the bride and groom read their wedding vows—and the police read Helen her rights…

Praise for the Dead-End Job Mysteries by Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets

“A stubborn and intelligent heroine, a wonderful South Florida setting, and a cast of more-or-less lethal bimbos...I loved this book.”—Charlaine Harris
“Brave Viets preps by actually working the jobs she describes in loving and hilarious detail, giving her offbeat series a healthy balance between the banal and the bizarre.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Laugh-out-loud comedy with enough twists and turns to make it to the top of the mystery bestseller charts.” —Florida Today
“Fans of Janet Evanovich and Parnell Hall will appreciate Viets’s humor.”—South Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Wit, murder, and sunshine . . . it must be Florida. I love this new series.”—Nancy Pickard
“A heroine with a sense of humor and a gift for snappy dialogue.”—Jane Heller  (Summary via Amazon)



The Dead-End Job Mystery series by Elaine Viets is one of my favorites !!!  Just Murdered is the fourth book in this series and I could not put it down !!!  (which can also be said about the previous three books)

Once you begin reading books in a series, you feel like you are visiting a friend when you get to others in that series.  Not only are you comfortable with the main character(s) and the setting but you feel like a part of it all !!  And the Dead-End Job Mystery series has the best storylines !!!  Each book introduces you to a new job that Helen begins working at to stay under the radar from her ex-husband and these jobs are a HOOT !!!  First its a high-end clothing shop, then a bookstore, followed by a telemarketing job and now in Just Murdered a bridal gown salon.

Not only are the jobs interesting and fun but once Helen clocks out for the day she returns to her apartment at the Coronado Tropic Apartments to hang out by the pool with her landlady and friends.  As you read these books, you will feel like a part of the group and a resident of the Coronado also.  

And let's not forget ...... murder.  There, of course, has to be a dead body in the mix and Helen has to be right there in the thick of it all.  But again as you get to know Helen you would expect nothing less of her.  

Yes I am talking like everything about the Dead-End Job Mystery series is real and that Helen is a real person..... Well I challenge you to read one of these books and tell me that you aren't drawn to Helen and feel like everything you are reading feels real.  You will get so engrossed in the story, you will not want to put in down and when you do finish one of the books, you will do whatever it takes to get your hands on the next one.......

I cannot wait to continue following Helen and crew and walk along side Helen in whatever dead-end job she takes next.......

Review by Missi S.







1 comment:

  1. Thank you, Missi, for taking the time to review JUST MURDERED. So glad you like the series.

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