โA skillful amateur detective with an impressive to-do list emerges in this inventive series opener.โ โKirkus Reviews (starred review)
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For professional organizer Maggie McDonald, moving her family into a new home should be the perfect organizational challenge. But murder was definitely not on the to-do listย .ย .ย .
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Maggie McDonald has a penchant for order that isnโt confined to her clientsโ closets, kitchens, and sock drawers. As she lays out her plan to transfer her family to the hundred-year-old house her husband, Max, has inherited in the hills above Silicon Valley, she has every expectation for their new life to fall neatly into place. But as the family bounces up the driveway of their new home, sheโs shocked to discover the houseโs dilapidated condition. When her husband finds the caretaker face-down in their new basement, itโs the detectives who end up moving in. What a mess! While the investigation unravels and the family camps out in a barn, a killer remains at largeโexactly the sort of loose end Maggie canโt help but clean upย .ย .ย .
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Praise for the Maggie McDonald Mysteries
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โAbundant with friendly canine companions, from-the-hearth cooking, and banter between long-time friends, this novel serves up a chilling mystery warmed by likable characters and enviable setting.โ โKRL News & Reviews
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โBay Area residents will enjoy the heavy local angle.โ โSan Jose Mercury News
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โThe setting is delightfulย .ย .ย . Maggie herself, in my opinion, is a major selling point for this new series, aside from the added value of her organizational advice.โ โMiddleSisterReviews.com