The Redemption Detective Agency: Book 1
Publication Date: October 15, 2024
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or maybe a gin and tonic.
Emily Hildebrandt has run into a bit of a rough patch. She’s lost her job, her fiance and her apartment. Still, she never expected to be desperate enough to accept an invitation to live with her eccentric Aunt Tilde in Redemption, Wisconsin.
But, beggars can’t be choosers. Even if part of the deal is she has to pretend to work at her aunt’s latest hair-brained scheme, The Redemption Detective Agency.
Seriously, the woman is a retired nurse. Why does she think she’s remotely qualified to run a detective agency, especially in a creepy little town like Redemption?
But, when a strange phone call suddenly thrusts them into an actual case, Emily finds herself hoping her aunt really does know what she’s doing … or an innocent person may be the one to suffer the consequences.
A spin-off from the Charlie Kingsley Mystery series! The Redemption Detective Agency is a funny, twisty cozy mystery series set in the 1990s featuring silver sleuths solving cold cases. Great for fans of the Thursday Murder Club.
Author Michele Pariza Wacek’s The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive, the first book in her The Redemption Detective Agency series, starts with a bang and ends with a massive cliffhanger.
This book is a delightful blend of camp, humor, and entertaining characters, sure to keep you amused and engaged.
One of the highlights of The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive is the well-written and fun-to-read love story between Emily and Nick. Their characters are beautifully crafted, and their interactions are a joy to follow. The tension builds up toward the end of the book, and then, bam, we have to wait for the next book to find out what happened. But it’s hard to be mad about a cliffhanger when the build-up is this good.
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive is a humorous, quirky story with a darling love story that ends in a jaw-draping cliffhanger. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.
A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she wanted to write stories so badly. It took some time (and some detours) but now she does spend much of her time writing stories. Mystery stories, to be exact. They’re clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix. If that wasn’t enough, she posts lots of fun things on her blog, including short stories, puzzles, recipes, and more, at MPWNovels.com.
Michele grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she herself escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.
When she’s not writing, she’s usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she’s an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she’s not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr. PW is in charge of the cooking.)
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