Dead on Arrival
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When Maggie Murphy is left a widow at twenty-four by her husband's motorcycle accident, Maggie gets a part time job at her cousins weekly newspaper till his one columnist sobers up, comes back, or gets out of jail. The job turns into full time when she finds the columnist's body behind the office's dumpster. When a detective and a handsome policeman named Joe Driver come to investigate, Maggie asks him to help her find out more about her husband's motorcyle accident too. Both cases heat up along with the relationship between Maggie and Joe and with the dubious aid of Evil Elvira, a former slave who claims to be over a hundred years old; a co-worker named Fatima AKA Queen Esther Johnson; and Maggie's Aunt Myrtle who keeps a sharp eye on Maggie's social life. It's a merry southern romp with love, laughs, and danger as the Memphis PD,friends, and the FBI all try to find out 'who-all-done-what?"
Jackie Griffey
My family and I live in Arkansas where we are owned by two cats with masters in relaxation (Dogs have Masters, cats have Staff-LOL) and a tiny Chihuahua who thinks she's a watchdog and has a long list of stuff to bark at. My current Work in Progress is another cozy mystery in the Maryvale series. I love meeting new reading and writing friends so please visit my page and blog and leave a comment. Happy reading, Jackie
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Despite some inconsistencies and a fast recovery from a spouse’s death, author Griffey tells a tale of love, redemption, and murder when main character Maggie has to face the future after her husband is killed in a motorcycle accident. The pace is fairly consistent and steady up to the end. Additional editing is needed to resolve discrepancies and grammatical errors.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maggie Murphy finds herself adrift after her husband dies in a motorcycle accident. Their finances weren’t in the best of shape and Maggie needs to find a job. Maggie’s offered temporary employment at her cousin Hank’s newspaper, replacing an advice columnist who hasn’t shown up for work in a couple of days, and she takes it, hoping to find a real job in the interim. When Maggie discovers the columnist’s dead body behind the office dumpster, she meets Patrolman Joe Driver, who agrees to provide Maggie the police report of her husband’s death. Hank offers Maggie the columnist job full-time and things are looking up for her financially and personally as her relationship with Joe begins to blossom. After Maggie learns her husband may have been drugged before his accident, she begins receiving mysterious phone calls and her former house is bombed. As their relationship moves forward, Maggie and Joe sort out clues as to the deaths of her husband and the newspaper columnist, unaware her husband’s spirit is hanging around, looking out for Maggie, who is in more danger than she and Joe realize.Griffey provides her readers with a fun romp in book one of her Joe and Maggie Mystery series. This cozy mystery is filled with humor and suspense enmeshed within a plot peppered with suspicious characters and plenty of twists and turns. Characters are warm and engaging and the plot interesting and fresh and viable.