Just Shoot Me Dead, by Anne R Tan, was a random find on Hoopla in February. They do a bonus borrow campaign in Feb and I saw this and decided to give it a try. Turns out it is related to the Raina series I had been planning to try at some point so it was a double win. I liked Lucy Fong and PoPo but Lucy has a bit more baggage than I would normally like in my MC. I tend to want to read these books to escape and try to solve a mystery. Lucy has a lot of unresolved issues in her past and it feels like these may play a big role in the storylines. I am willing to give the series another try before making a final decision though.
Just Shoot Me Dead by Anne R. Tan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Interesting premise for a cozy. Lucy’s family has a PI business that’s been in the family for generations. Problem is she left home as a teen and has nothing to do with it. That was until her mother is in the hospital after being shot and her sister is missing. Oh yeah there’s a dead guy in her sisters apartment. Needless to say there’s plenty of family drama. Mixed in with this is comedic relief of PoPo and cousin Stella and a bit of a budding romance with Max the police chief. There’s deception and secrecy all helping to hide the killer’s identity. The who is rather clever if it was revealed a bit abruptly but did make sense when all the pieces were explained. Overall an intriguing and unique cozy
Challenge Prompts
The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:
- Goodreads and Reading by the Numbers #ReadingByNumbers2023 Book #33
- Library Love #LibraryLoveChallenge Book # 27
- AtoZ #2023AtoZReadingChallenge #AlphabetSoupChallenge J
- Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge A
- Stacking the Series #stackingseries2023 1
- Series Catchup #seriescatchup2023 -1
- Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023 Book #29
- Back List Reader #Backlistreader Book #24
- Cruisin thru Cozies Free choice #9
- Cloak & Dagger #CloakDaggerChal Book #25
- Craving for Cozies Book #22
- Six Shooter Challenge Target #99 Shot #1
- Medical Examiner Challenge 1 Toe Tags shot
- Around the Year in 52 Books #33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
- HP Quidditch 23 #41 Cho Chang: Written by an Asian or AAPI author
- Nerdy Bookworm #NerdyBookwormChallengeXO #2. A book with more than 300 pages
- Pick your Poison # 93 A book with a beach on the cover
- Read with Allison #10 Pronoun in the Title
- What's in a Name #4 You or Me
- TBRChallenge #TBRChallenge March Baggage
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