Bad Housekeeping

An Agnes and Effie Mystery

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Pub Date 13 Jun 2017 | Archive Date 30 May 2017

Description

When 28-year-old Agnes Blythe, the contented bifocals-wearing half of an academic power couple, is jilted by her professor boyfriend for the town Pilates instructor, her future is suddenly less than certain. So when her glamorous, eccentric Great Aunt Effie arrives in town and offers a job helping to salvage the condemned Stagecoach Inn, what does Agnes have to lose? But work at the inn has barely begun when the unlikely duo find the body of manipulative Kathleen Todd, with whom Agnes and Effie both have recently had words. Words strong enough to land them at the top of the suspect list.

The pair have clearly been framed, but no one else seems interested in finding the real murderer and Agnes and Effie's sleuthing expertise is not exactly slick. Nevertheless, they're soon investigating a suspect list with laundry dirtier than a middle school soccer team's and navigating threats, car chases, shotgun blasts, and awkward strolls down memory lane.

In Bad Housekeeping, the first novel in the Agnes & Effie cozy mystery series by Maia Chance, danger mounts, deadlines loom, ancient knob-and-tube wiring is explored, and the ladies learn a thing or two about the awful, wonderful mistake that is going back home.

When 28-year-old Agnes Blythe, the contented bifocals-wearing half of an academic power couple, is jilted by her professor boyfriend for the town Pilates instructor, her future is suddenly less than...


Advance Praise

"Bad Housekeeping is saucy, sassy fun!  Agnes Blythe is still reeling from a romantic betrayal when her irrepressible Aunt Effie returns to their small hometown, determined to re-open the condemned Stagecoach Inn. But first things first: there’s faulty wiring to deal with, not to mention a murdered busybody on the premises. Together, Agnes and Aunt Effie -- a wacky but formidable mystery-solving team-- must clear their names in the first of a sparkling new cozy series!"

– New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Juliet Blackwell

 

“You’ll be rooting for the Stagecoach Inn—and its spunky new owners—from page one! Maia Chance has a winner in Bad Housekeeping.”

– Susan Wittig Albert, New York Times bestselling author of the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries

 

“Maia Chance makes Bad Housekeeping more enjoyable than ever! Jump aboard for fun at the Stagecoach Inn, and join Agnes, Effie, and all the wonderful characters in this great new cozy series.”

– Paige Shelton, New York Times bestselling author

"Bad Housekeeping is saucy, sassy fun! Agnes Blythe is still reeling from a romantic betrayal when her irrepressible Aunt Effie returns to their small hometown, determined to re-open the...


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ISBN 9781683311676
PRICE $26.99 (USD)
PAGES 304

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