There are two somewhat intoxicating mystery series on the shelves these days.
Nina Wright’s Whiskey Mattimoe is a recently widowed real estate agent in a small resort town in Michigan. She made her debut in Whiskey on the Rocks (2005) which received a starred review in Library Journal.
The recently released fourth title in this fast-paced, darkly comic series, Whiskey and Water, includes a murdered woman, missing children and repeated sightings of a former mayor thought to be dead and a host of oddball characters. Still grieving the death of her second husband, Whiskey is providing a home for his daughter Avery, who hates her, her twins, a purse-snatching Afghan hound, and a needy Shitzapoo puppy, but she somehow emerges from the tangled mess triumphant.
J. A. Konrath’s Lt. Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels is with the Chicago Police Violent Crimes Unit. When we meet Jack in Whiskey Sour (2004) her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has maxed out her credit cards with late-night home shopping purchases, and a frightening killer who calls himself "The Gingerbread Man" is dumping mutilated bodies in her district.
There is plenty of edge-of-your-seat suspense, but lots laugh-out-loud humor as well.
Konrath is working his way through the bartender’s handbook, following the first book with Bloody Mary (2005), Rusty Nail (2006), and Dirty Martini (2007).
In the recently released Fuzzy Navel Jack finds herself locked up in her mother's home along with her fiancé, her mom, and one of the scariest psychos ever to escape from prison. They're being held hostage by a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree.
Publishers Weekly advises that fans won't want to miss this book “because of some surprising developments in Daniels's personal life and an ending that promises more shocks in the next installment.”
Author Linda Fairstein calls it “a hilariously heartstopping thriller.”
Sounds like just the thing for Stephanie Plum fans to pass the time until “fifteen” comes around.
To find other enjoyable crime fiction you can simpley search the library catalog under the subject heading Humorous mysteries.
