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If Two Are Dead (An Amelia Fantastica Misadventure Book 2) by [Anne Avery]

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Book 2 of 4: An Amelia Fantastica Misadventure

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Maxie Peterson, owner and sole employee of Maxie Peterson Investigations, has standards. Low, admittedly—with the state of her bank account, she can’t afford otherwise—but she does have them! That’s why, when an elderly lady totters through her office door, Maxie is fully prepared to say no to finding a lost cat, or proving a neighbor broke a favorite tea cup, or whatever it is an elderly lady is likely to ask. What she’s not prepared for is a demand that she investigate a murder, instead!Imogene Gruber will never see eighty again, but that hasn’t slowed her down much. She still appreciates wild clothes, wilder jewelry, and a generous tot of Irish whiskey in her coffee. What she doesn’t appreciate is people—especially the police!—not believing her when she insists her best friend was murdered. Maxie is still inclined to say no, until she realizes that Imogene was Imi the Magic Fairy in the old sixties children’s TV show that Maxie and her brother devoured in reruns when they were little. Imi was little Maxie’s hero, and you just don’t say no a Magic Fairy, even if they do expect you to prove several doctors and the River City police department were wrong about an old woman’s death.Proving Imogene’s friend was murdered will be hard enough. But when Imogene drags in her old acting buddies to help with the investigation, and Maxie’s real fairy godmother, Amelia Fantastica, insists on being included, no matter what, Maxie starts wondering if maybe it wouldn’t have been easier to just resurrect Perry Mason to straighten out the mess!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B075D4YK22
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4734 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 355 pages

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Balked of her dream of becoming Captain JANE Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, Anne kept writing while wandering through a variety of careers as engineer, diplomat, planner, and public relations specialist. Writing isn't nearly as exciting, adventurous, or sexy as commanding a starship, but it's still a challenge and, on the days when it goes well, a heck of a lot of fun. (She tries not to think about the days when it doesn't go well!) The only real problem is that, given the number of story ideas banging around in her head, Anne's either going to have to write a whole lot faster or live a whole lot longer if she's going to get all those stories written before she dies!

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T.O.Powell

Avery Does It Again!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 28, 2021

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I got this after reading the first book and really enjoying it. At the time I wondered if author Avery could pull off a second book and keep it fun and ended up very pleasantly surprised. For me, this second Amelia book was just as good as the first. Now I'm tempted to go back and change my prior review to 5 Stars rather than 4.5.

These books are definitely not cozies. In a typical cozy the main character will hide everything from the police, and will always stupidly charge off completely alone with the crazed killer without telling anyone. To my delight, Maxie doesn't do that at all, though she does seem to end up face-to-face with the bad guy towards the end. I also love the semi-flirty yet competitive relationship between Maxine and Trueblood.

And then, of course, there's Amelia. In book 1 I found myself thinking it was too bad Amelia wasn't a better fairy godmother, as she could have been such a tremendous help, but now I realize that would have made Maxie's story too easy and boring. With Amelia being her rather incompetent and flawed self, it creates more of a hit and miss situation so that Maxie still has to work things out on her own. And she does!

I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys a funny and enjoyable mystery with a hint of romance and no blatant sex. I'm now ordering the next book in the series in hopes the author can keep up the great storytelling.

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Assistants, cocoa and ducky mug

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 28, 2019

Another great read - but a real shame about the huge proofing error at the end (when Bella was called Ruby). Okay the plot was good but the culprit was obvious even though the motive wasn't. However it was the interaction between the characters that was a real winner for me. Loved the flamboyant, over the top actors as opposed to the more quiet, self assured (at least sometimes) heroine. The scene with the ducky mug is a classic - loved it.
When a senior comes into her office wanting her to investigate the death of an old friend, she takes the case even though she's not sure that a murder has occurred. Her interaction with the senior and others as the retirement resort are a delight to uphold and her trying to dig for information on what happened. Another murder (official), Amelia u to her old tricks and now wanting to be her official assistant plus the return of the hunky detective are all interwoven into a tale that spans years but only turns deadly now. Can she get to the root of the problem and find the killer even if she can't prove it? What about her other cases or the 'liberated' coffee machine from the Russian mob?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2020

Maxie is one tough lady with a good head on her shoulders. There is no nonsense with her and though she might be attracted to the hot detective, she doesn’t fall over him, in fact, she gives him a hard time and it’s great! Maxie gets involved in the senior center where residents are dropping and it just might be murder! Fantastic story.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2020

Great book. I wasn't sure I liked the maxie books. I first one started out kinda dull. But they grew on me.

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Delightful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2020

I'm a fan of Ann Avery who has an excellent imagination and creatively. Amelia is a fairy godmother with character which adds humour to a great mystery plot. This series is basically a good detective mystery with a twist of magic. I like that Maxie has lots of sides from snarky and realistic to compassionate. Maxie is a P.I. with heart.

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Teresa Ray

Murder and Mayhem at the Geriatric Home

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2020

One of the things I love about this series is that each book takes Maxie to a completely different venue. This time she spends a lot of time at a nursing facility for aging actors and actresses trying to solve the mystery of two suspicious deaths. I wish Detective Trueblood had a more prominent role, but we did learn some interesting tidbits about his family.

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Stands apart from the rest

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2020

Love the plot.. love the fairy godmother and all the little old ladies that come with the book. This was better than number one. Loved it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2018

I really enjoyed this book. My enjoyment was marred by the typographical errors. I enjoyed the first book as well.

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Assistants, cocoa and ducky mug

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 28, 2019

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Another great read - but a real shame about the huge proofing error at the end (when Bella was called Ruby). Okay the plot was good but the culprit was obvious even though the motive wasn't. However it was the interaction between the characters that was a real winner for me. Loved the flamboyant, over the top actors as opposed to the more quiet, self assured (at least sometimes) heroine. The scene with the ducky mug is a classic - loved it.
When a senior comes into her office wanting her to investigate the death of an old friend, she takes the case even though she's not sure that a murder has occurred. Her interaction with the senior and others as the retirement resort are a delight to uphold and her trying to dig for information on what happened. Another murder (official), Amelia u to her old tricks and now wanting to be her official assistant plus the return of the hunky detective are all interwoven into a tale that spans years but only turns deadly now. Can she get to the root of the problem and find the killer even if she can't prove it? What about her other cases or the 'liberated' coffee machine from the Russian mob?

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