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Maid of Murder
2010 Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel
In MAID OF MURDER, India Hayes, a college librarian and reluctant bridesmaid, is thrown into the role of amateur sleuth as she hunts down the person who murdered her childhood friend and framed her brother for the crime.
When bride-to-be Olivia turns up dead in the Martin College fountain and the evidence points to India's brother Mark, India must unmask the real culprit while juggling a furious Mother of the Bride, an annoying Maid of Honor, a set of hippie-generation parents, a police detective who is showing a marked liking for her, and a provost itching to fire someone, anyone--maybe even a smart-mouthed librarian.
In MAID OF MURDER, India Hayes, a college librarian and reluctant bridesmaid, is thrown into the role of amateur sleuth as she hunts down the person who murdered her childhood friend and framed her brother for the crime.
When bride-to-be Olivia turns up dead in the Martin College fountain and the evidence points to India's brother Mark, India must unmask the real culprit while juggling a furious Mother of the Bride, an annoying Maid of Honor, a set of hippie-generation parents, a police detective who is showing a marked liking for her, and a provost itching to fire someone, anyone--maybe even a smart-mouthed librarian.
282 pages, Hardcover
First published June 16, 2010
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Amanda Flower
61 books2,945 followersAmanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author of over thirty-five mystery novels. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Romantic Times, and she had been featured in USA Today, First for Women, and Woman’s World. She currently writes for Penguin-Random House (Berkley), Kensington, Hallmark Publishing, Crooked Lane Books, and Sourcebooks. In addition to being a writer, she was a librarian for fifteen years. Today, Flower and her husband own a farm and recording studio, and they live in Northeast Ohio with their two adorable cats.
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February 11, 2017
You know that super satisfying feeling you got after such a thrilling complexity of a case? This book doesn't have it.
It has a murder, yes.
The characters are interesting, yes.
The case and the mystery are completed, yes.
But instead of that super satisfying feeling, I feel emotionally drained after reading this book. It's a bit more likely to shelve this on drama genre than mystery.
I just don't want my mystery/detective book to have this much drama over exploited feelings. Nope.
It has a murder, yes.
The characters are interesting, yes.
The case and the mystery are completed, yes.
But instead of that super satisfying feeling, I feel emotionally drained after reading this book. It's a bit more likely to shelve this on drama genre than mystery.
I just don't want my mystery/detective book to have this much drama over exploited feelings. Nope.
March 25, 2015
Not sure how this book won an award. I had to force myself to continue reading it. I thought if I read one more reference to India injuring one of her toes I would scream. Not at all the type of mystery/who-done-it that I am fond of. I would not recommend this book to any of my friends.
April 23, 2011
I first heard of Maid of Murder because it was nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery. I like cozy mysteries, and Amanda Flowers has set up a good environment for a cozy series. India Hayes is a college librarian in a small Ohio town. Her mother is a Presbyterian minister; her father is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of an accident; both her parents are extreme social activists who will organize a protest at the drop of a non-PC hat; her brother Mark is a math professor trying to finish his PhD dissertation; her sister Carmen is pregnant with twins; cats Templeton & Theodore play cameo roles; her landlady Ina is a true Daughter of Ireland, specializing in leprechaun garden statuary; her colleague Bobby is a drop-dead handsome chick magnet who writes trashy romances; police detective Ricky Mains used to date her sister Carmen, etc.
As the book opens, India is preparing to be a bridesmaid for her childhood friend Olivia. Mark was in love with Olivia and has never recovered from losing her; he is devastated when he learns she is going to be married. When Olivia dies outside the college math and science building, Mark is arrested for her murder. India sets out to find the real murderer, often working at cross-purposes to the police and risking being arrested herself.
The characters and setting were engaging, and the plot was reasonably enjoyable. This was a first novel, however, and the writing was surprisingly unpolished for a book that is a nominee for a prestigious award. Even a cursory editing could have made an enormous improvement. The actual sentences were somewhat stilted, and the little details were unrealistically repetitious. For example, I have never seen so many people stumble over things or spill things when they are surprised or startled. In addition, there are errors that could have been corrected easily, such as mentioning the GRE (Graduate Record Exam), when it was obvious they meant GED (General Education Diploma).
I think Amanda Flowers has promise as a cozy-mystery writer, but she needs a good editor or a good writing group.
As the book opens, India is preparing to be a bridesmaid for her childhood friend Olivia. Mark was in love with Olivia and has never recovered from losing her; he is devastated when he learns she is going to be married. When Olivia dies outside the college math and science building, Mark is arrested for her murder. India sets out to find the real murderer, often working at cross-purposes to the police and risking being arrested herself.
The characters and setting were engaging, and the plot was reasonably enjoyable. This was a first novel, however, and the writing was surprisingly unpolished for a book that is a nominee for a prestigious award. Even a cursory editing could have made an enormous improvement. The actual sentences were somewhat stilted, and the little details were unrealistically repetitious. For example, I have never seen so many people stumble over things or spill things when they are surprised or startled. In addition, there are errors that could have been corrected easily, such as mentioning the GRE (Graduate Record Exam), when it was obvious they meant GED (General Education Diploma).
I think Amanda Flowers has promise as a cozy-mystery writer, but she needs a good editor or a good writing group.
March 26, 2010
Mystery lovers, meet India Hayes: artist, librarian, friend, sister, daughter, bridesmaid, and soon to be amateur detective. After agreeing to serve as a bridesmaid (ugly dress and all) for her childhood friend Olivia, India is torn between family and friendship loyalties, as India's brother Mark still carries a torch for his ex-girlfriend Olivia. When the wedding is canceled and a funeral scheduled instead, the cops cry murder and Mark is the prime suspect. It's up to India to come to her brother's defense when the whole town turns against him...and her.
Author Amanda Flower does a wonderful job of bringing to life the town of Stripling, Ohio. The supporting cast - India's activist parents, the Irish landlady, Olivia's rebellious teen sister, a pair of ill-tempered cats, and many others - creates extensive realism to the backdrop of the novel. Instead of just hearing a story the reader feels introduced to the town's life with hopes that this will be the first of future adventures involving India Hayes. The mystery in the story was well-layered and Flower kept the pacing right to build intrigue throughout the book.
Maid of Murder is a charming and well-written book with a fresh plot and unique characters. It was great to encounter a novel centered around a woman that did not involve her quest for a man, and Amanda Flower has created a winner in the witty, smart heroine India Hayes.
Author Amanda Flower does a wonderful job of bringing to life the town of Stripling, Ohio. The supporting cast - India's activist parents, the Irish landlady, Olivia's rebellious teen sister, a pair of ill-tempered cats, and many others - creates extensive realism to the backdrop of the novel. Instead of just hearing a story the reader feels introduced to the town's life with hopes that this will be the first of future adventures involving India Hayes. The mystery in the story was well-layered and Flower kept the pacing right to build intrigue throughout the book.
Maid of Murder is a charming and well-written book with a fresh plot and unique characters. It was great to encounter a novel centered around a woman that did not involve her quest for a man, and Amanda Flower has created a winner in the witty, smart heroine India Hayes.
September 10, 2025
I wasn't as fond of this as other books I've read by the same author. It may be because this was her debut book, but the characters just didn't work for me.
July 21, 2018
India is a librarian at a small college. It pays the rent, but her real ambition lies in her painting. She is part of a somewhat unusual family. Her parents are activists and her mother is a minister, her bossy sister is married and the mother of a little boy, and her brother is mathematician who feels most comfortable with his theorems. The family keeps a lawyer on a retainer, to bail out her parents after they have chained themselves to their latest cause, something that has been occurring as long as India can remember. She is suposed to be a bridesmaid for her former best friend, but those plans abruptly end when the bride is murdered. Author Amanda Flower has created a charming background for some delightfully eccentric characters. The plot of this first book in the series may leave you with some unanswered questions, which hopefully will be explored in future installments. The mystery is interesting, if somewhat predictable, and quite entertaining, a good start for a promising series.
January 6, 2019
Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower
Librarian India Hayes has been asked to be bridesmaid number 3 in her childhood friend’s upcoming wedding. The same childhood friend her brother has been pining for just as long. The morning after his awkward appearance and plea at her bridesmaid party, he finds her unconscious and bleeding in a fountain where he asked her to meet him, witnessed by all at said party. Of course, he winds up being accused. Of course, India will do her best to clear him of wrongdoing & her family’s name. And certainly there will be a complexity of characters, suspects, motives, and means.
It’s a good read, thankfully shy of cuteness, with just enough quirk to keep it light (as if murder could ever really be...) and sans overdone dialogue. There’s a reason Ms Flower has so many books out. She’s very readable.
Librarian India Hayes has been asked to be bridesmaid number 3 in her childhood friend’s upcoming wedding. The same childhood friend her brother has been pining for just as long. The morning after his awkward appearance and plea at her bridesmaid party, he finds her unconscious and bleeding in a fountain where he asked her to meet him, witnessed by all at said party. Of course, he winds up being accused. Of course, India will do her best to clear him of wrongdoing & her family’s name. And certainly there will be a complexity of characters, suspects, motives, and means.
It’s a good read, thankfully shy of cuteness, with just enough quirk to keep it light (as if murder could ever really be...) and sans overdone dialogue. There’s a reason Ms Flower has so many books out. She’s very readable.
September 21, 2020
Loved this book!!
I just found a new author to read! I loved this book. It was a quick fun story. India is a bridesmaid for her childhood friend Olivia, who comes from money!! India’s brother, Mark has loved Olivia and learns that she is getting married.
Mark crashes a 4th of July party at Olivia’s parents house. All he wants to do is talk to Olivia. He asks her to meet him at Martin, a local college. This is where things turn bad for Mark and India’s family.
Who murdered Olivia? That is what India has to solve in Maid of Murder!!
I just found a new author to read! I loved this book. It was a quick fun story. India is a bridesmaid for her childhood friend Olivia, who comes from money!! India’s brother, Mark has loved Olivia and learns that she is getting married.
Mark crashes a 4th of July party at Olivia’s parents house. All he wants to do is talk to Olivia. He asks her to meet him at Martin, a local college. This is where things turn bad for Mark and India’s family.
Who murdered Olivia? That is what India has to solve in Maid of Murder!!
April 3, 2025
First in this cozy mystery series. A college librarian agrees to be a bridesmaid in her old friend's wedding . The murder puts a stop to the ceremony .
July 1, 2010
Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower
In a Northeastern Ohio town that “connected itself with civilized New England and distanced itself from its Midwestern-ness,” a wedding and murder threatens 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 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 Flowers truly captures the essence of traditional mystery writing; complete with an ending that leaves the reader saying, “Why didn’t I see that coming?”
In a Northeastern Ohio town that “connected itself with civilized New England and distanced itself from its Midwestern-ness,” a wedding and murder threatens 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 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 Flowers truly captures the essence of traditional mystery writing; complete with an ending that leaves the reader saying, “Why didn’t I see that coming?”
April 18, 2010
India Hayes is a small town college librarian surrounded by unusual characters which include her neighbors and family. When a childhood friend turns up dead, all fingers point at India’s brother.
Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower is the first of what I hope is a long list of India Hayes mysteries. The story is a wonderfully entertaining cozy mystery. India‘s character is likeable and has an admirable tolerance level for her radical parents and rather eccentric neighbor. She also has an endearing loyalty to her brother and an understanding of his moods and behavior.
The story is clever and fast-paced as India takes the lead in finding out what really happened to her long-time friend Olivia. It looks bad for her brother, but her loyalty to him drives her through some adventures and very funny action. Her relationships with her brother, sister, nephew, and parents seem like a real-life family. I enjoyed every minute of this first-rate book and I look forward for more.
Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower is the first of what I hope is a long list of India Hayes mysteries. The story is a wonderfully entertaining cozy mystery. India‘s character is likeable and has an admirable tolerance level for her radical parents and rather eccentric neighbor. She also has an endearing loyalty to her brother and an understanding of his moods and behavior.
The story is clever and fast-paced as India takes the lead in finding out what really happened to her long-time friend Olivia. It looks bad for her brother, but her loyalty to him drives her through some adventures and very funny action. Her relationships with her brother, sister, nephew, and parents seem like a real-life family. I enjoyed every minute of this first-rate book and I look forward for more.
January 20, 2012
First, on the cover of this book Kirkus Reviews compares this new series to Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow series. This book in no way, shape, or form resembles a Meg Langslow book. The main characters' family was neither quirky nor eccentric, merely dysfunctional. I didn't find them charming at all. Her brother merely came across as sad and pathetic. The rest of the characters in the book were also not all that likeable - it felt as though the author just went that little bit too far with each of them. And the hint of a love interest is only described as having an incredibly annoying, braying, laugh. I'm supposed to want this attraction to happen?
The plot itself was good enough - a very effective red herring had me sure the murderer was someone else until the very end. I've already bought the second book, so I'll give it a read and hope that the first-book kinks have been worked out and the author as well as the characters, have grown.
The plot itself was good enough - a very effective red herring had me sure the murderer was someone else until the very end. I've already bought the second book, so I'll give it a read and hope that the first-book kinks have been worked out and the author as well as the characters, have grown.
September 1, 2015
A fun debut cozy mystery. It has a lot of the elements you really look for in a cozy. Humor. A quirky family. An amateur sleuth forced into sleuthing by circumstances. A homicide detective who considers her as interfering but is also attracted. The victim actually deserved it.
I really enjoyed this one. All of the elements worked and it was a lot of fun. Unlike so many cozies these days, there was no subtext of teaching some strange arcane knowledge like cooking, brewing coffee, organizing, etc. Lovely to read on a cold night with a fire.
I really enjoyed this one. All of the elements worked and it was a lot of fun. Unlike so many cozies these days, there was no subtext of teaching some strange arcane knowledge like cooking, brewing coffee, organizing, etc. Lovely to read on a cold night with a fire.
February 17, 2019
With friends and family like India Hayes has, who needs enemies. The trend for writing kooky side characters isn't a favourite of mine to begin with. And when kooky actually turns into cruel, unhelpful and possibly clinically insane, I don't enjoy reading about them at all. The story itself was good, the MC had only a slight case of TSTL, the setting had possiblities, but I won't be returning to India Hayes' world and if she was smart, she'd make a run for it too.
October 5, 2010
I am very tired of reading about women who arbitrarily decide to investigate murders on their own because they believe the police are incompetent, corrupt, or just plain stupid. They always make things worse, alienate everyone around them, and then are so smug about their superior intellect that it's impossible to see why no one murders them!
July 29, 2018
Different
This was definitely a different type of book. The characters were odd, to say the least. I normally connect with some of the characters I read in a story, but not this one. I went ahead and both books in the series because I enjoy Amanda Flower's books so I'm hoping #2 is much better than this one.
This was definitely a different type of book. The characters were odd, to say the least. I normally connect with some of the characters I read in a story, but not this one. I went ahead and both books in the series because I enjoy Amanda Flower's books so I'm hoping #2 is much better than this one.
October 25, 2010
Enjoyable and witty mystery with a fun and quirky main character. Very entertaining...
June 5, 2019
India Hayes dreads her stint as a bridesmaid in an old friends wedding, especially after she sees the dress she has to wear. But when Olivia, the bride-to-be, is found dead in the college fountain and India's brother is accused of the murder, India has no choice but to find out who killed her.
This is author Amanda Flower's first novel she published. I enjoyed it very much. Not my favorite of her novels, but I still enjoyed it. I thought the mystery was pretty solid even though I figured out who the murderer was way before the book ended. I plan to eventually read the second book in the series MURDER IN A BASKET to find out what India's next adventure is. I also am thinking she may eventually hook up with her sisters ex boyfriend! I wasn't happy with India's parents. Her mom is a minister and they are both activists. I thought for a minister her mom was a bit over the top in her activism and also a bit hysterical and mean to India. Amanda Flower's sense of humor that carries through all of her writing was present and had me chuckling throughout. A nice cozy mystery!
This is author Amanda Flower's first novel she published. I enjoyed it very much. Not my favorite of her novels, but I still enjoyed it. I thought the mystery was pretty solid even though I figured out who the murderer was way before the book ended. I plan to eventually read the second book in the series MURDER IN A BASKET to find out what India's next adventure is. I also am thinking she may eventually hook up with her sisters ex boyfriend! I wasn't happy with India's parents. Her mom is a minister and they are both activists. I thought for a minister her mom was a bit over the top in her activism and also a bit hysterical and mean to India. Amanda Flower's sense of humor that carries through all of her writing was present and had me chuckling throughout. A nice cozy mystery!
April 13, 2023
Ooh!! This debut book was really edgy and funny but also quite sad too. It was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, but one that I obviously enjoyed. I couldn’t relate to many of India’s discomforts, nor her inability to express care or compassion at displays of emotion, but I liked realizing that because it made me feel like I was actually seeing from a different person’s POV for once. Shockingly, more often than not, I find reflections of myself in every character I read about, which is totally natural and might be my own fault, but it is fun and surprising when a character is totally my opposite! However, since I do work at a library and am an unsteady (I refuse to say starving :) artist, India and I are not all that glaringly different, which was also fun! Also, I read this at night and was freaked out in a good way but I love that all “cozy mysteries” aren’t cozy at all when they reach their climax. 4/5 stars!
June 29, 2022
I really like this author's "Magical Bookshop" series, so I was excited when I started this book the other day.
I found this book nowhere near as enjoyable!
The main character and her brother show caring. The rest of her family? Not so much!
Her best "friend" (I use the term very loosely)? Only helps her when it benefits himself. There's a family crisis, she asks him to cover his shift and he seriously takes the time to negotiate terms.
Her former best friend/ the victim. Got people in trouble. Caused trouble. Caused drama. Although towards the end, we do find out good stories. But for most of the book I was thinking she didn't seem to have any redeeming qualities.
I finished the book so I could find out who the killer was. I had already guessed correctly, and felt like I had wasted my time by completing this.
I found this book nowhere near as enjoyable!
The main character and her brother show caring. The rest of her family? Not so much!
Her best "friend" (I use the term very loosely)? Only helps her when it benefits himself. There's a family crisis, she asks him to cover his shift and he seriously takes the time to negotiate terms.
Her former best friend/ the victim. Got people in trouble. Caused trouble. Caused drama. Although towards the end, we do find out good stories. But for most of the book I was thinking she didn't seem to have any redeeming qualities.
I finished the book so I could find out who the killer was. I had already guessed correctly, and felt like I had wasted my time by completing this.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 13, 2021
This is the first of a series set in a college town in Ohio. Our protagonist, India, is one of the librarians at the college library, the daughter of a couple who have made it their task in life to save every 'historical' building slated for demolition in their city, and the sister of an overachieving sister (Carmen) and brother (Mark). The brother is accused of murder and his little sister tries to help, eventually solving the murder. My problem with the book is that the family dynamics of her family were very hard to take. I come from a family of 6 children and my family would not have been nearly as hard on me as they were on India. The budding relationship between the detective and India was fun and seemed realistic. I'm hoping #2 in the series is better.
May 25, 2022
Tiny this and tiny that
The elements of the mystery in Maid of Murder was well developed. It had
me guessing up to the end as any good mystery should. However, I got tired of so much use of the word "tiny" to describe places, things, and even people or at least their parts (hands). I also got tired of personality extremes as most of the characters were described in the negative. And can't a
Mystery be about something other than murder? Maybe even some happy circumstances? The use of intended quips for comedic response was overdone for my taste and I put it aside several times but I am glad that I finished following the mystery thread to get to the surprise ending. This author has much talent that needs to be finely tuned.
The elements of the mystery in Maid of Murder was well developed. It had
me guessing up to the end as any good mystery should. However, I got tired of so much use of the word "tiny" to describe places, things, and even people or at least their parts (hands). I also got tired of personality extremes as most of the characters were described in the negative. And can't a
Mystery be about something other than murder? Maybe even some happy circumstances? The use of intended quips for comedic response was overdone for my taste and I put it aside several times but I am glad that I finished following the mystery thread to get to the surprise ending. This author has much talent that needs to be finely tuned.
January 7, 2023
Good Mystery
When her best friend Olivia is murdered, and all the evidence points to India's brother, she looks at the clues that keep showing up, while not even realizing it. Some of the characters, like Ina and her Leprechauns, are quirky while others (India's brother and their parents) are real and flawed. Olivia's parents are rich, demanding and condescending, while India's mother is a Hippie and Pastor who loves a good argument and she and her husband will lead protests for pretty much any reason. The story was clean and kept me interested and entertained.
When her best friend Olivia is murdered, and all the evidence points to India's brother, she looks at the clues that keep showing up, while not even realizing it. Some of the characters, like Ina and her Leprechauns, are quirky while others (India's brother and their parents) are real and flawed. Olivia's parents are rich, demanding and condescending, while India's mother is a Hippie and Pastor who loves a good argument and she and her husband will lead protests for pretty much any reason. The story was clean and kept me interested and entertained.
May 5, 2021
India is a college librarian and a struggling artist. Her brother is an emotionally strung college mathematician who loved India's best friend in high school. This friend is getting married and India is a bridesmaid. An accident occurs and the bride is dead: her brother is accused of killing her. Their liberal parents demonstrate on the college campus and refuse to pay his bail. This is a fast paced humorous mystery, the first in the series.
June 5, 2022
Smart, likeable MC. Given the personal relation to the investigating detective, it made sense that India didn’t get arrested for all her meddling. She doesn’t blindly believe in the innocence of the main suspect, despite them being siblings, which is a nice touch. I liked the friendship we see between her and Bobby. Who the murderer was seemed somewhat obvious, but that’s just what you get with such a small pool of suspects.
December 3, 2025
I usually really enjoy this authors characters and writing style. However, Maid of Murder was not a total hit for me. I did not relate to the characters and in fact found them a bit flat. It made pushing through this book a bit of a challenge. The mystery was good enough it did keep me guessing.
If you want to try Amanda Flower for the first time I would not recommend starting with this series.
If you want to try Amanda Flower for the first time I would not recommend starting with this series.
February 2, 2019
This was an okay book. I had trouble connecting with the main character. I didn't feel that invested in what happened to the characters. I also picked up on several typos in the book including incorrect words. I am guessing those have been fixed in newer printings. I will try this author again but a different series.
February 12, 2019
Interesting
This was an interesting mystery. Most cozies would not have the bride as the murdered party. But, this is not a typical cozy. I am interested to read the next book in the series, and hopefully learn more about her dysfunctional family, her friends and her motivation s.
This was an interesting mystery. Most cozies would not have the bride as the murdered party. But, this is not a typical cozy. I am interested to read the next book in the series, and hopefully learn more about her dysfunctional family, her friends and her motivation s.
March 2, 2020
I liked some parts of it, but so many of the charcters were so annoying I started finding myself doing a lot of skimming about midway through. I already purchased the second book since both were available as Kindle Daily Deals. I'll read it and hope for a more interesting set of secondary characters. If I hadn't already purchased it, I'd probably have stopped the series with this book.
January 1, 2023
Maid of Murder was an excellent read. It was easy-going, fairly slow-paced read for a murder mystery. The characters were interesting and the plot was well developed. Yet, it didn't quite have the thrill of a suspense reader, and it took me several days to read because I'd set it down and not pick it up for a while. Rating - 3 stars due to good story
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