For the better part of my life when I've desired to read a mystery I've tended to lean towards the thriller or nail biting suspense. Here lately, however, I've been picking up some simple light hearted reads. The Misadventures of the Laundry Hag fits that bill. Very humorous, engaging characters, and a simple fast paced whodunit.
Maggie, our heroine, is married to former SEAL, Neil, who now works as a computer tech for Intel. They have two sons from Neil's previous marriage. Since the boys were just babies when Maggie and Neil got married, Maggie has always been a stay at home mom. Lately she's been considering finding a job to help bolster their income. When she's invited to a soiree at a neighbor's, her family decides to go. They've never met this particular couple and Maggie has been dying to get a look at the house. It's one of the largest in the neighborhood and obviously quite expensive. Her close friend, Sylvia, and her husband, Eric, are already there when they arrive. The wife is very cold and snobby while the husband is just plain weird. A locked room in their house contains instruments of torture, including an iron maiden. All Maggie wants to do is run. However, before the evening ends, and thanks to friend, Sylvia, Maggie finds herself with a job - cleaning this strange family's house!
She whines to Neil about her fate but decides to go. It's not like it's a permanent position. She can quit whenever she wants. The first day isn't bad but when she gets home she discovers she's left her cell phone behind. This requires a return trip. She ends up with the creepy husband, in his office, while he extols the uses of a chastity belt. She manages to escape unscathed but hours later the police show up at her door. Creepy husband's wife has been murdered and it appears Maggie is the man's alibi.
Before she has time to blink, Maggie is smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation. To complicate things, her deadbeat brother arrives and brings his particular brand of chaos into her life and her mother-in-law calls and informs Maggie they are doing Thanksgiving at Maggie's house and she is bringing guests, important people she expects Maggie to impress. She does tell her she's sending her cook, Leo, to help Maggie out.
I loved the humor in this. Loved the various personalities Maggie finds herself surrounded by, including her brother, her in-laws, her friends, but most of all Neil. He's her rock no matter what she's going through. He's her voice of reason but he also doesn't like the fact his wife is in danger.
If you enjoy a good mystery and appreciate some well timed humor mixed in, this is for you. I've become a fan of Jennifer Hart.
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She's up to her ears in grime and crime....
One day when I was vacuuming the stairs I started daydreaming about what it would be like to have someone who would clean for me. I immediately dismissed the idea because that person would see all of my dirty laundry. Not that I have any real secrets. But it was the idea that sparked my most popular mystery series.
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Reading Order for Misadventures of the Laundry Hag series
- Skeletons in the Closet
- Swept Under the Rug
- All Washed Up
- Hung Out to Dry
- The Laundry Hag's Christmas Rental
- Bun in the Oven
- The Laundry Hag's New Year's Clean Up
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