{"id":11317,"date":"2024-09-30T20:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/murder-is-a-family-business-a-fun-detective-cozy-the-alvarez-family-murder-mysteries-book-1\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T20:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:01:52","slug":"murder-is-a-family-business-a-fun-detective-cozy-the-alvarez-family-murder-mysteries-book-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/murder-is-a-family-business-a-fun-detective-cozy-the-alvarez-family-murder-mysteries-book-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder is a Family Business: A Fun Detective Cozy (The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries Book 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n A DETECTIVE AGENCY WITH HEART.
ALSO MOM, KIDS, AND A KITTEN!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a dismal day for the PI firm to the stars of Silicon Valley when their own star is huddled in a phone booth instead of tracking down stolen software. Sadly, ace detective Lee Alvarez is currently taking shelter from a deluge while surveilling some rat of a husband. This is way beneath her dignity! Worse, she may be trapped with another rat. Something in there just moved. But Lee\u2019s luck just changed\u2014that\u2019s no drowned rat. It\u2019s her thoroughly drenched, pathetically skinny, and terminally cute new BFF\u2014an orange and white kitten tiny enough to fit in a pocket.<\/p>\n

Well, forget the surveillance. When you catch on that this is the kind of mystery that starts with rescuing a kitten, you know you’re in good hands!<\/p>\n

But Lee can\u2019t forget the surveillance\u2014she\u2019s been assigned to the case by her formidable boss, the elegant Lila Alvarez (aka her mom), who\u2019s doing a favor for an old friend. When she investigates why the rat hasn’t left his lair, she discovers the worst\u2014he has a few fresh holes in his chest. She soon uncovers a criminal web of international proportions amid dark and harrowing dangers she never signed up for. But is she up to a near-death experience? Well! Is a kitten adorable?<\/p>\n

Author Haven quickly rolls out all the warm and fuzzy delights a cozy fan could wish for\u2014in the form of a delightfully eccentric, usually squabbling, yet thoroughly loving detective family, each with his or her special talent, beginning with its matriarch. Lila possesses all the WASPy refinement of Princess Grace, in cool contrast to her spirited half-Latina daughter Lee. (Liana to her mom, and that tells you so much!) Completing the quartet are the adoring uncle you\u2019ve always wanted (he cooks!) and the genius bro\u2019 who made the firm famous with his brilliant cyber-detection.<\/p>\n

Trust us, this series has everything but tea and cookies. Fans of PI stories, cozy mysteries, and women sleuths will go bananas, especially if they love sharp funny female protagonists like Sue Grafton\u2019s witty Kinsey Millhone and Janet Evanovich\u2019s lovable Stephanie Plum. Aficionados of Lisa Lutz\u2019s family series, The Spellman Files, will get a special kick out of the Alvarez clan. Readers will also enjoy the fact that this series may be a first. Father\/son detective teams abound\u2014think The Republic of Doyle and The Good Cop\u2014but mom\/daughter sleuths are an idea whose time has come. Step right up and meet Lee and Lila.<\/p>\n

ASIN \u200f : \u200e B00D0B979G
Publisher \u200f : \u200e The Wives of Bath Press; 1st edition (December 17, 2013)
Publication date \u200f : \u200e December 17, 2013
Language \u200f : \u200e English
File size \u200f : \u200e 2508 KB
Text-to-Speech \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Screen Reader \u200f : \u200e Supported
Enhanced typesetting \u200f : \u200e Enabled
X-Ray \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Word Wise \u200f : \u200e Enabled
Print length \u200f : \u200e 265 pages
Page numbers source ISBN \u200f : \u200e 0988408694 <\/p>\n

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Customers find the book fun, lighthearted, and entertaining. They describe the story as interesting and suspenseful. Readers appreciate the well-developed characters and the fast pacing. They also mention the family dynamics are realistic and the situations plausible. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it clever and readable, while others say it’s laboriously crafted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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