Shannon's Review - Nursing A Grudge by Diana Orgain

Title: Nursing A Grudge

Series: A Maternal Instincts Mystery #4

Author: Diana Orgain

Genre: Fiction, Mystery

Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Inc.

Received:  Purchased

Release Date: October 2013

Pages: 230

Rating:

Official Websites of Author Diana Orgain:

Website

http://dianaorgain.com/

Blog

http://dianaorgain.com/

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https://www.facebook.com/DianaOrgainAuthor

Twitter

https://twitter.com/DianaOrgain

Shannon’s Thoughts:

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.

Books To Talk About - This Doesn't Happen In The Movies

Books To Talk About

Old crime noir movies--let’s say Humphrey Bogart in the Maltese Falcon--what does a film like that make you expect from current mystery novels, if anything? If the mystery you are reading is set in the present day, what would you not expect from it? Would there still be a femme fatale pulling the sheet over the detectives’ eyes until the very end? What would it take to turn a detective as smooth as Sam Spade into a more realistic present day detective?

This Doesn’t Happen in the Movies is a detective novel that pays humorous homage to the likes of Humphrey Bogart. Adding present day technology, wanna-be detective Reed Ferguson and a group of likable characters steal the headlines in This Doesn’t Happen In The Movies.

DISCUSS IN THE COMMENTS
1) When you think of Humphrey Bogart mystery movies, which ones stands out the most?

2) What kind of things happen in mystery movies that you don’t think happen in real life detective or P.I. cases?


SITES TO VISIT

http://www.reneepawlish.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_%281941_film%29

Formula For Murder by Diana Orgain

 





Title: Formula For Murder
Series: A Maternal Instincts Mystery #3
Author: Diana Orgain
Genre: Mystery,
Publisher: Penguin Group
Received: From Author For Review Purposes
Release Date:  March 2011   
Pages: 288
Rating:
 

What is it About?
The return of new mother and PI Kate gets pulled into another mystery.  This time she deal with French consulate.  Will the killer get away with diplomatic immunity?  

My Thoughts:

I enjoyed the first two book in this series and did not enjoy this one any less.  I don’t read many mysteries but if I did I would probably stick with what I am told this is which is a cozy mystery.  

From Kate’s to do list to her learning how to be a PI to her missing her baby’s important moments(Like christmas pictures!) I found the book an irresistible read and hard to put down. Although because I do like this series so much I stretched out the reading so I could have more of the book to enjoy.  

I do have something that bugs me even after reading the book and finding out who did I still feel confused.  I don’t know if was just me but the end seemed to clustered into so much going on that there was no time to relish the fact that the murderer was caught.   Even now I can’t remember who did it.  

I still enjoyed the book and will continue to read more by Mrs. Orgain because I will admit it I am hooked and I love the characters and think the stories are original to me.

Website:

Diana Orgain Official Site
http://dianaorgain.com/