It’s going to be a weekend to remember in Who’s There Iowa for multitasking ex-spy turned Girl Scout leader Merry Wrath! She has local medical examiner, Dr. Soo Jin Body’s, wedding, the grand opening of the Obladi Zoo Aviary, the graduation party for the Cult of Nicoderm’s teen druids, and her one of her troop and the youngest elected town official, Mayor Ava’s, re-election! As if that wasn’t enough chaos, someone is sending threatening letters warning these events to stop or else!
Someone murdered…and some kind of clue!
Merry's worries about things like the mayoral candidate who thinks aliens have packed explosives under her house, squeezing Officer Kevin Dooley’s mysterious plus one into an unforgiving wedding reception seating plan, and the little problem of Hilly the assassin showing up with new her pet European wolf pale in comparison to what comes next. When someone is found murdered backstage at the mayoral debate, Merry decides she should take the threats seriously. With the packed weekend fast approaching, can Merry find out who is behind the letters and catch a killer before the bridal bouquet is thrown?
What critics are saying about Leslie Langtry's books:
"I laughed so hard I cried on multiple occasions! Girl Scouts, the CIA, and the Yakuza... what could possibly go wrong?"
~ Fresh Fiction
"The Merry Wrath Mystery series has so much to love, and it is so different from other cozy mysteries that you can't help but be drawn to it."
~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
"Mixing a deadly sense of humor and plenty of sexy sizzle, Leslie Langtry creates a brilliantly original, laughter-rich mix of contemporary romance and suspense."
~ Chicago Tribune
"Langtry gets the fun started from page one."
~ Publisher's Weekly (Summary via Goodreads)
As it is stated in the Author's Notes at the end of Multitasking Murder, this is the fortieth book in the Merry Wrath Mystery series by Leslie Langtry. And Langtry cannot believe that she has written that many and thankfully for us readers, she doesn't have plans of stopping.
Langtry started the Merry Wrath Mystery series with a Girls Scout Troop in kindergarten and Merry becomes their troop leader when her CIA spy job comes to an abrupt end. I'm not sure when, no I haven't read all of the books in this series, but one of the girls in the troop becomes the youngest Mayor of their town, Who's There.
Since I have become a devoted reader of this series, I have seen the troop with the guidance of Merry and their other troop leader, Kelly, run that town with such power and grace. And Merry has had a crucial role in making Who's There the murder capital of Iowa ..... but luckily her husband is the Chief of Police.
Okay so in Multitasking Murder Merry and crew are gearing up for a busy weekend. There are four events happening that involve Merry with the troop also involved in a few. The medical examiner and one of the police officers are getting married with everyone in the bridal party, the zoo is opening an addition that they were instrumental in helping with, the election for Mayor results is to be announced and a group of high school students that worship Merry are graduating.
And to add more stress to the weekend people involved in these events are receiving threatening letters.
So Merry and Kelly with the help of Hilly (who is a CIA assassin) do some interviewing and investigating while trying not to get into trouble or cause more trouble and stress.
This is such a fun series to read, I know I say that in every review, but it is. I am always amazed at Langtry's imagination and have to applaud her for the success of having 40 books in one series published. That is awesome !!!!
I highly encourage you to continue reading this series or if you haven't read any yet, go ahead and get started. I think you'll be busy for a while but you will have a ton of fun reading !!!
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