Scheduled to Death

Mary Feliz

Jan 2017 · A Maggie McDonald Mystery Book 2 · Lyrical Press

About this eBook

“From the author of Address to Die For, “an engaging . . . mystery that moves forward quickly with freshness, a few surprises, and a couple of real scares” (Kirkus Reviews).
 
Professional organizer Maggie McDonald has a knack for cleaning up other people’s messes. So when the fiancée of her latest client turns up dead, it’s up to her to sort through the untidy list of suspects and identify the real killer.
 
Maggie McDonald is hoping to raise the profile of her new Orchard View organizing business via her first high-profile client. Professor Lincoln Sinclair may be up for a Nobel Prize, but he’s hopeless when it comes to organizing anything other than his thoughts. For an academic, he’s also amassed more than his share of enemies. When Sinclair’s fiancée is found dead on the floor of his home laboratory—electrocuted in a puddle of water—Maggie takes on the added task of finding the woman’s murderer. To do so, she’ll have to outmaneuver the suspicious, obnoxious police investigator she’s nicknamed “Detective Awful” before a shadowy figure can check off the first item on their personal to-do list—Kill Maggie McDonald.
 
Praise for the Maggie McDonald Mysteries
 
“Abundant with friendly canine companions, from-the-hearth cooking, and banter between long-time friends, this novel serves up a chilling mystery warmed by likable characters and enviable setting.” —KRL News & Reviews
 
“Bay Area residents will enjoy the heavy local angle.” —San Jose Mercury News
 
“The setting is delightful . . . Maggie herself, in my opinion, is a major selling point for this new series, aside from the added value of her organizational advice.”

Ratings and reviews

Scheduled to Death by Mary Feliz is the second book in her Maggie McDonald Mystery series. This is the first book I have read in this series and it is a standalone story. Anything you needed to know from the previous book was explained as part of this story. Maggie is working as an organizer, helping people who need organization in their lives. It might be organizing a room, getting rid of belongings, or just organizing one’s life. She also tends to volunteer more than she should, not allowing enough time for herself and her family. The community where Maggie and her family live, near Palo Alto, California, has a small town feel to it. I really loved the helpful and doable organizing tips that led off each chapter. I enjoyed the relationship that Maggie, her family and friends had with the police officers, more like family or friends. The trust they had with each other was not something one would expect from the police. This was an enjoyable story with entertaining characters that you want to get to know better and lots of twists and turns. The characters were well written, authentic and complex. The story line was riveting and kept my attention to the very end. I genuinely enjoyed reading this book. I highly recommend this book to other readers. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

About the author

Mary Feliz writes the Maggie McDonald Mysteries featuring a Silicon Valley professional organizer and her sidekick golden retriever. She’s worked for Fortune 500 firms and mom and pop enterprises, competed in whale boat races and done synchronized swimming. She attends organizing conferences in her character's stead, but Maggie's skills leave her in the dust. Visit Mary online at MaryFeliz.com.