Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher/author for providing me with an ALC in exchange for my honest review.

This book was exactly what I wanted it to be! I loved it. I will make sure to check out other books by this author. When I requested this I was just intrigued by the concept of it and I loved how it turned out. This story had a great plot and if you have read this and enjoyed it, This was so much. It was such a great story. I would say give this one a try. I will continue to follow this author. Way to go to this author for not letting me down.

I highly enjoyed the narrator of the audiobook. Kept me listening.

Thank you NetGalley and Sinda Slagle for accepting my request to read and review Book Tour Madness.

I struggled from the beginning. If this had been anything but a NetGalley I would have DNFd the book by page 25. I was bored. The writing is unimaginative and amateurish.

This could be condensed to a short story.

I am saddened by my review. I did read this was the author's most personal writing following the death of her husband.

I would suggest if the synopsis appeals to you, then give the book a try. Unfortunately nothing about this writing worked for me.

At the behest of her agent, mystery author Jaynie, is sent on a book tour to promote her New York Times bestselling novel. The only hitch is she is recently widowed. Despite her grief, she embarks on the book tour and discovers a very real life mystery unfolding in front of her. And despite being an author, not a detective, she sets out to investigate the case for herself, causing her to become tangled up in the whole affair.

I wanted to like this book, I really did, but there were so many unneccessary plot points ( eg family members's DV) or improbable scenarios ( eg trusting random stranger despite being mixed up in [spoiler] ) , even for a cosy mystery that I struggled. It felt like two separate stories jammed together - the first part, exploring recent widowhood, family dynamics and home repair, having absolutely nothing to do with the bulk of the book - and the protagonist's incessant name-dropping of other mystery writers and *their* stories did little to endear me to the character.

The idea was a good one, and it had potential, but this one was unfortunately not for me.

~Many thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~