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A Gin & Tonic Mystery #1
L A Kornetsky

Gallery Books
November 2012 / ASIN: B007EDYBB0
Mystery
Amazon

Reviewed by Cheryl Green

Ginny Mallard runs her own Concierge company. Doing just about anything a client needs, from finding the best sleep-away camp for a child, to booking airline tickets or planning a wedding. While having a drink and relaxing at Mary’s, a local bar, she overhears a customer talking to Teddy the bartender about a business problem. Before you can blink, Ginny has offered her company services to Walter Jacobs. What she hadn’t counted on was that DubJay (Walter’s nickname) wanted her to find his missing Uncle Joe. It seems that there is a huge deal happening in a few days and Uncle Joe took the papers that pertain to the real estate deal.

Ginny figures it is just another research project and she is good at that. DubJay is paying her more than her regular rate. The only problem is that she has just three days to find Uncle Joe. She tricks Teddy into helping her. Her trivia nemesis hates to lose a challenge.
Things to ponder: Who sent Ginny the threatening text warning her off the assignment? Would she look good in a fedora? Is DubJay on the up-and-up or could he really be involved in a shady deal? Is Uncle Joe still alive or is he now in an unmarked grave?

I so enjoyed this book that I tried to read it slowly to make the fun last longer. However, once I get involved in a good book I can’t put it down. This is a great first book in what I hope is the first of many. Throw in some adorable furry guys that want to help their humans: Penny the cat and Georgie the Shar Pei and you have hooked me. So, if you like a cozy mystery with sparring protagonists then this is the book for you.