Notoriously Neat: A Grime Solvers Mystery (Grime Solvers Mysteries) [Paperback]

Suzanne Price (Author)

Book Description

Series: Grime Solvers Mysteries | Publication Date: April 7, 2009

Murder is so unsanitary...

Professional cleaner Sky Taylor and her potential new beau— the town’s police chief—are on their first dinner date when they’re interrupted by a stampede of household pets running through the restaurant. Someone’s murdered Dr. Gail Pilsner, Pigeon Cove’s hugely popular veterinarian, releasing all the critters boarded at her clinic.

Then when one of the singers in a vocal group, the La Dee Das, is murdered, Sky must uncover the link between the veterinarian and the songbirds—before a killer finishes cleaning house.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Signet; 1 Original edition (April 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451226593
• ISBN-13: 978-0451226594
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Good Cozy Mystery, November 7, 2009

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This review is from: Notoriously Neat: A Grime Solvers Mystery (Grime Solvers Mysteries) (Paperback)

Who dunit? Complete with small town setting and twists and turns galore. A great read that had me laughing at times. Sad to see a great character killed off... but the book was a great read! Another one I didn't guess the ending!!

oh, yeah, there are a few good tips on neatness, too... since the main character/sleuth runs a cleaning business

Notoriously Neat: A Grime Solvers Mystery (Grime Solvers Mysteries)

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun whodunit, April 12, 2009

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This review is from: Notoriously Neat: A Grime Solvers Mystery (Grime Solvers Mysteries) (Paperback)

In Pigeon Cove, Police Chief Alex Vega and newspaper columnist and cleaning business owner Sky Taylor are on their first date at the Japanese Restaurant Shoka's Minka. Their romantic dinner is interrupted when a herd of animals march through the restaurant including a monkey who clings to Sky. Chief Vega is notified that the animals are from Dr. Gail Pilsner's veterinary practice; she is dead and her animal hospital torched.

Sky, fluent in Spanish asks Orlando the vet questions that Alex asked her so she can translate them and get the answers from the lab tech. He mentions three men seeking drugs arrived and that he escaped the carnage. Some things he says make no sense as a witness contradicts him and the drugs were in a place anyone could have easily found them. Vega arrests Orlando, but Sky thinks he is innocent and that there is a link to her friend Chloe who is lying to her as to where she has been. Her buddy conceals that she just left Natalie's house and soon after she is murdered.

The monkey is adorable holding on to Sky for dear life while the puppies at the center of all the lies and murder are precious as the animals somewhat steal the show. The cleaning tips are informative especially house cleaning. While the relationship between the house cleaner and the cop is cute, the whodunit is fascinating mostly because people are lying about their involvement as if hiding an embarrassment is the lesser of two evils re homicide suspicion.

Harriet Klausner