And Murder Makes Three

by Ayelet Waldman

NOW IN ONE VOLUME—THE FIRST THREE MOMMY-TRACK MYSTERIES

Nursery Crimes
Bored with playdates and trips to the park, Juliet Applebaum, a public defender turned stay-at-home mom, gets off the mommy track to hunt down the murderer of a preschool principal.

The Big Nap
When her infant son’s babysitter disappears, an exhausted Juliet and her over-tired kids travel to Brooklyn to find answers, justice, and maybe the chance to get a nice, long nap.

A Playdate with Death
Juliet is happy to be getting some kid-free time at the gym—until her peppy personal trainer dies under mysterious circumstances. Always up for a reason to get out of the house, Juliet jumps at the chance to investigate.

Genres: Mystery

496 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2015

About the author

Ayelet Waldman is the author of A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life, Love and Treasure, Red Hook Road and The New York Times bestseller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace. Her novel Love and Other Impossible Pursuits was made into a film starring Natalie Portman. Her personal essays and profiles of such public figures as Hillary Clinton have been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Vogue, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Her radio commentaries have appeared on "All Things Considered" and "The California Report."

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Love and Treasure is available for purchase here.

Reviews

[m_miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

These mysteries were good popcorn for my brain, they were a break from the heavier stuff on my bedside table. Although I enjoyed this series, which I'd been curious about for a while, I doubt I will seek out the rest of the titles. I suppose because they're easy reads, my access to them needs to be easy too. I did find the logistics of the main character flitting about LA to be pretty unbelievable, but as long as I let go of that and focused on the mystery, I could enjoy the formula.

[Lori Iseppi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of three mysteries is funny, sharp and insightful. The author finds humor in the conflicting emotions and physical challenges of being a stay-at-home Mom with small children. I hate to admit it but I discovered Ayelet Waldman through her husband Michael Chabon. Since then I've read several of her books and enjoyed them all.

[Jenny Castaway · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories weren't bad though I only read the first two. They were about a crime solving young mother that was an ex-public defender. My ADHD really kept me from enjoying these books I think due to the fact that they seem so slow moving. I believe there is definitely a genre out there that would love this book it just wasn't quite my cup of tea.

[Susan B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed the 3 books in 1. A different slant on the solving of the murders, but hey we have all been there after staying home with a young kids the need to do something else. Juliet and Peter make it work. Al provides the humor, will definitely read a few more.

[Kea4 · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought I was going to enjoy this book. A mother of two ones trying to solve mysteries sounds good but so much didn’t work for me in this book.
I just could never connect or even really like the main character, Juliet Applebaum, all that much. I did not enjoy how her relationship with her children is written and third the mysteries were just not that impressive.

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