Bad Neighbors: An Agnes and Effie Mystery

by Maia Chance

Rebounding from being dumped by her ex-fiancé, Agnes is beginning to feel at home again in Naneda. Sort of.   She’s been dating the good looking, love of her life, Oits Hatch and the romance was moving right along.  Sort of.  She’s also been helping her great aunt Effie renovate the historical Stagecoach Inn that was beginning to look respectable.  Sort of.  They weren’t ready for guests but when they receive a call that a tour bus full of leaf peepers has broken down, they are asked to take in a few tourists that need a roof over their heads.  Agnes reluctantly agrees to go pick up the stranded tourists only to arrive just in time to see her beloved Otis being helped into a police cruiser.  In hand cuffs, no less!  She soon learns the body of Hatch Automotive employee, Mikey Brown was discovered with his head bashed in and Otis is their numero uno suspect. As the leaves unfold in all their glory, Agnes and her Aunt Effie start their own investigation, eagerly assisted by their stranded tourists. 

The adventures of Agnes and her Aunt Effie are even better in this second installment of the Agnes and Effie mystery series.  I really enjoy books that give you a good story and great entertainment without taking itself too seriously.  You root for the good guys and curl your lip at the snarky ones.   Readers who enjoy their stories laced with a little push-pull of romance will enjoy the angst and self-doubt that is Agnes’s life.  And how can I not bring up Chester?  We all have a cousin like Chester or we want one.  Our friends are glad we don’t. Love him.  Chance delivers an overall good book that makes us all a little glad we don’t have an Aunt Effie in our lives.  But then again.  .  . 

I wish to thank #netgalley and the publisher for generously providing an Advanced Readers Copy for my honest review.

PUB:  Crooked Lane Books

PUB DATE:  April 10, 2018

ISBN:  9781683315414

Genre:  Cozy Mystery