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Release Date: February 24
Approximately 250 pages
Synopsis
The right business hook is the most important criteria for success, and Kate McKenzie thinks she’s found a perfect one. As an organizational expert, Kate knows Americans are running out of space and money, and renting more storage units is usually not the best solution. Starting an organizational business, Stacked in Your Favor, in her new hometown of Hazelton, Vermont seems like an answer to her family’s budget problems and an answer to southern Vermonters’ prayers. Business looks good when she snags collector, Amelia Nethercutt, as her first client, signing on to organize the wealthy woman’s eccentrically-filled mansion. But things take a turn beyond chaos when Amelia is murdered and Kate’s fingerprints are found on the poison that killed her.
Review
I have such mixed feelings about this book. Kate grated on my nerves – primarily it was her OCD compulsions (at least that is how I interpret the actions) and being wishy washy at times. However, outside of that the writing was good and I really had no clue who the killer was and was quite surprised when it was revealed who the person was….NEVER saw that one coming but maybe should have based on some earlier parts of the book.
Great organizational tips at the beginning of most chapters and at the end in the appendix, I’m sure my husband would appreciate them!
We give this book 4 paws and it could become a good new cozy series.
About This Author
Ritter Ames lives in a small town in the middle of America, but spends each day globe trotting the art world from her laptop, with her cat riding shotgun and Pandora blasting from the speakers. COUNTERFEIT CONSPIRACIES is her first full-length fiction. A second cozy mystery series, starting with ORGANIZED FOR MURDER will be released by Gemma Halliday Publishing in January 2014. She tries to blog regularly at http://ritterames.wordpress.com/ and uses her Pinterest boards at http://www.pinterest.com/ritterames/ to capture great places and ideas she wants to use in both series. Follow her blog and boards to learn more about Ritter and her upcoming books.
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Hi Donna, yes it can seem like organized chaos sometimes, and if it works for you that’s what truly matters. But there are quick and easy (and cheap) fixes for things like you mentioned where the canned goods in the back of the pantry or cabinet don’t get used. I have a deep pantry space with wide rows, and what I do is save every box lid that I see–the ones with an inch or so lip around, like the ones that top the boxes that hold copy paper. You can also cut down a box so it’s just the bottom with a one-inch lid around. I use these as pullout trays for my pantry shelves. All of my “like” cans and “like” boxes go together and fill up these lids. Then I place the lid on the cabinet shelf, and when I’m looking for something I can pull the lid out and easily see what’s in the back. No more cans or dry goods going bad because I can see them in the dark of the cabinet. One other thing I do is wrap my lid-trays in heavy colored paper to make them look a little nicer and that even adds a little to their strength, but it’s not necessary since closing the cabinet doors will hide them anyway. These kinds of little fixes really make my life easier, and are the kinds of things I tried to add within Organized for Murder. Good luck!
Maybe Kate has CDO tendencies {that’s OCD, but in correct alphabetical order }.
I am very organizational challenged. My desk at work was always what looked like a mess to others, but to me I could find what I needed quickly — organized chaos, I guess. If things were out of sight, then they became out of mind. I’m that was at home also — out of sight, out of mind. Canned goods at the back of the shelf are forgotten and not used; things I don’t use often and put behind or put up, I totally forget where they are. Guess maybe I could use some of the tips in the book?
Thanks so much for offering this stop on the blog tour. I appreciate you taking the time to read and review Organized for Murder 🙂