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Nursing A Grudge (A Humorous Cozy Mystery) (A Maternal Instincts Mystery Book 4) by [Diana Orgain]

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Book 4 of 13: A Maternal Instincts Mystery

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A laugh-out-loud page-turner

Bringing up baby

Sleep deprivation, diaper blowouts, and breastfeeding mishaps are status quo for new mom Kate Connolly. But when she decides to turn private investigator in order to work from home, her To-Do List expands exponentially:
1. Buy diapers.
2. Get back in shape.
3. Order lock pick set…

Bringing down a killer

Her friend Jill’s boyfriend falls to his death under questionable circumstances. Juggling mommy duties and unorthodox investigation techniques, Kate must determine whether the scathing review Jill wrote about a local restaurant is connected to his untimely death…and whether the killer might strike again.

Investigation, Mommy-style

Kate races to solve the case before Vicente Domingo, the new, sexy PI in town swoops in and saves the day. He’s drop-dead gorgeous, but she’d like to tell him to drop dead for poaching her last client. As bodies pile up faster than dirty diapers, can Kate uncover the truth about what happened to Jill’s boyfriend between nap times, diaper changes, and playdates? Or will Become A Bonafide P.I be the last entry she makes on her To-Do List?

“An over the top, good-time cozy mystery. With a feisty heroine and with lots of humor, plenty of intrigue and suspense, and a little baby cooing, this novel is a delightful treat to read.”
—Fresh Fiction

“You’ll love keeping up with this amazing mother and sleuth in this fun, fast-paced series.”
—Camille Minichino, author of the Miniature Mystery Series

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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DIANA ORGAIN

Five Stars! "AMAZING! It totally blew me away. This writer hasreally got that special touch."

Five Stars! "I couldn't wait to read this one; it just seemed likesuch fun. I had to laugh at the "To Do Lists" that Kate would come upwith, which reminds me of myself."

Five Stars! "In addition to wanting to befriend Kate, I alsoenjoyed the suspense of this book. It made me wish that I could stay awake alittle bit longer, so that I could read more. I will eagerly await the releaseof the next book in the Maternal Instincts Mystery Series."

About the Author

Diana Orgain is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Maternal Instincts Mystery Series: Bundle of Trouble, Motherhood is Murder, Formula for Murder and Nursing a Grudge. She is the co-author of GILT TRIP from the NY Times Bestselling Scrapbooking Mystery Series by Laura Childs. Diana also the author of YAPPY HOUR and The Love or Money Mystery Series. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and three children. Visit her at dianaorgain.com. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B012IZRDE0
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 24, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1939 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 190 pages

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Diana Orgain is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Maternal Instincts Mystery Series: Bundle of Trouble, Motherhood is Murder, Formula for Murder, and Nursing a Grudge. She is also the Author of the Love or Money Mystery series and The Roundup Crew Mysteries (Yappy Hour and Trigger Yappy).

Diana is the New York Times Bestselling co-author of the Scrapbooking Mystery Series with Laura Childs.

To keep up to date with the latest releases and more visit Diana at www.dianaorgain.com

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Anne Wiser

Nit as page turning as the first 3

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 6, 2022

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Not as good as the first 3 but still a good read. Characters are good. But story line a bit hard to follow and ending doesn’t exactly make much sense. It’s tends to be oh dear I’ve run out of ideas and I have to end this some way.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 7, 2022

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Thus is a first for me fir thus author. So with that said this is book 4 of this series but I don’t wasn’t lost due to not reading the others. Do I want to read the others now I’ve read this one? You bet! This is creative and fun with lovable characters. You can try and figure out “who done it” before the author reveals it.
Great story. No blood or goor no sexual references or language so anyone I can recommend to read this.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 22, 2020

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Kate Conolly is a P.I. wannabe with a new baby and a small group of supporters who help her with her cases – sometimes. Kate took up the private eye business because she thought it sounded easy; all she needed to do was ask questions, right? But she is really too innocent for the job. She keeps going into situations that may be dangerous, and only after she is trapped in the middle does it occur to her that this might be the case.

Kate’s cases are frequently comedies of errors, but in some ways, this seems to be one of the worst – for errors, that is. While she is meeting a friend at a child-friendly coffee shop (where, curiously, the waitress is not very friendly at all), one of the hospitals calls with news that her friend’s boyfriend has fallen from a cliff on a nearby hiking trail. Kate notices a suspicious-looking man following her and immediately assumes her friend is in danger.

The situation quickly escalates. The boyfriend died of his injuries. His sister, stopping by his apartment to retrieve his cat, is beaten up. Kate jumps in and volunteers to take the case – pro bono since there is no paying client.

Then complications happen. A second P.I. turns up on the case, working for someone Kate has worked for before, and she spends an inordinate amount of time worrying about that. She takes her mentor, Gagliani, on a hike to investigate the mysterious cliff, and he breaks his ankle

Near the end, things turn deadly, and in a surprising twist, people are suddenly not who Kate thinks they are.

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Teri A. S. Takle

Can a new mother really have what it takes to be a successful private investigator?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2014

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Most new mothers dream. Many dream of successfully balancing family, career and truly believe that they can handle it all.
Kate Connolly is not most mothers. She has dreams of running her own private investigating agency but first needs to learn the skills. Fortunately her mentor, Albert Galigani, a retired law-enforcement officer, conveniently is her mother's boyfriend. Yes, life can become complicated quickly. Kate Connolly, private investigator, is her dream as soon as she learns the skills and can be licensed.
Kate is looking forward to reconnecting with her an old friend. Jill is a restaurant review critic who is quickly gaining notoriety in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This is the perfect outing where Kate can bring her daughter Laurie with her. As Jill arrives dressed beautifully in boots with extremely high heels that Kate never could and would wear. Her outfit immediately makes Kate a little envious as she quickly realizes how a child can change a life.
Jill explains her latest challenge in being a critic. A new restaurant, Philosophie, is owned by the famous Brent Miles and Jill's review did not recommend the place. The owner had called and threatened her to change the review, "make it sincere or else".
Kate notices a man in a Smith and Wesson skull cap seems to be following Jill. Why?
As the women continue to chat, Jill receives a phone call stating that her boyfriend has fallen from Painted Rock and is currently at the hospital. He is an experienced hiker and should not have fallen. Jill quickly leaves to go to the hospital. Kate quickly pays the bill and also leaves for the hospital to pick up Danny, a two-year-old whose mother is in labor.
Guess who is also arriving at the hospital? There is the man in the skull cap.
Nursing a Grudge is a fun, cozy mystery with a protagonist who has to balance a family as well as a budding career while still concerned about loosing the weight from the pregnancy. Added to this Kate has agrees to help friends and family along the way.
Diana Orgain is the creator and author of Maternal Instincts Mystery Series with Bundle of Trouble, Motherhood is Murder, and Formula for Murder. She resides in San Francisco with three children and a husband.
Nursing a Grudge is the fourth novel in this series which is successful as either a standalone novel or as part of the series. These novels are quick, fun, cozy reads in a logically organized mystery. Each novel is a quick page turner with the intended audience of young mothers. These are fun, humorous novels that are great light reading.

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Louis Moore

Being a PI

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 7, 2022

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I had this book for a while. Since I retired I have started reading again. This is the first by this author. I find I really like reading cozy mysteries. This author kept me reading till the end. Now on to see what else she has written

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Shannon M. Mcgee

Grab A Cup Of Cocoa And Take A Seat

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 15, 2015

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Kate Connelly, a new mother and a private investigator in training, gets a mysterious case from a friend. This only being her 4th case and she is still learning with the help of an official P.I./ ex-cop.
As she looks for a killer she has to watch her step or she will be the next in a growing pile of bodies.

This series by author Diana Orgain is the first cozy mysteries I have ever read. I did not even know cozy mysterious were exactly what they were called but yet cozy was what I immediately felt with them. This is a book you just want to curl up with some tea or cocoa and read until there is no tomorrow. The characters well defined. I never get confused at who is who, like other mysteries I have read and I am always cheering for the good guys.

There is not much wrong with the series or this book. One thing I was not happy about was that our apprentice in investigating reacted as if this were her first case and not 4th. There were things I swear she had done in previous books but she seemed to have forgotten.

I love the series. I hope it continues and I have found other mysteries written by Mrs. Orgain that I hope to get too soon.

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Perkins

Ureaistic characters and plot Mildly humourous

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 27, 2020

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Kate is a mother to 14 month old baby girl Laurie and is attempting to combine being a mum with a career as a PI. Not that successfully in my opinion, nor very realistically. The plot was quite clever but Kate's ability to solve the murder wasn't very convincing.there were a few pleasant but unrealistic characters in her circle of friends but none seemed to have any real depth to them except maybe Paula who behaved as a mother in labour would there were also spelling errors which were annoying. E.g sweat pea should be sweet pea and peak out should be peek out. a computer spellchecker won't pick these up but a proof reader should

Avid reader

A delightful read :)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 20, 2014

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Murder meets chick lit and I loved it!
The plot is well thought out, with many twists and turns. However, for me, it was the humour. I loved the way the P.I. would just be investigating, then she would remember she needed to feed the baby! Was it really wrong to find the part where the painter is chatting her up next to the dead body funny? I laughed out loud!
I can only compare it to watching your favourite sit-com.
My first Diana Orgain book but definitely not my last :)

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woody

Incompetent P.I.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 19, 2017

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Very disappointing storyline. Guessed the end straightaway. A wannabe P.I. with no Licence or talent to do the job. She couldn’t even get into a car without breaking the key.!! She relied on a group of people to look after her four-month-old daughter, while she was playing detective. It was supposed to be humorous. I found her incompetence her reliance on men to do her job, and rescue her annoying not funny.

Ann Stanmore

What a lot of fun this book is!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 12, 2016

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What a lot of fun this book is!!

A good storyline running through allows the author to get away with so much frivolity!

Almost a laugh a page as we watch this new mum cope with solving a murder mystery whilst feeding baby, changing diapers etc.

I enjoyed it very much.

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patilymelon

Good but predictable and sexist

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 24, 2014

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Do t think that this book is going to portray women in a good way despite what the back cover says. The female detective is actually portrayed as a bit of a blond jumbo relying on men to work things out for her correct her and point her in the right direction as well as having men totally out smart her kidnap and then more men to rescue her

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