Uncle and Ants: A Silicon Valley Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
BGM Press (October 11, 2018)
Paperback: 287 pages
Synopsis
Mysterious attacks. Mischievous nieces. Can a clueless uncle catch a tech-savvy killer … and be home before bedtime?
When a freak accident hospitalizes Marty Golden’s sister and condemns him to babysitter duty, he thinks it’s just another case of hardwired bad luck in Silicon Valley. Until a suspicious murder suggests the mishap was no mere coincidence. Something must be done.
Too bad this quirky, fashion-backward uncle isn’t exactly hero material.
Convinced his sister is in mortal danger, this amateur sleuth follows clues to an oddball array of suspects. Armed with nothing but an eye for detail and powers of self-delusion, Marty tangles with gangsters, a cantankerous school secretary, and a perplexing woman he can’t help but fall for. Glitches in his investigation seem like a piece of cake compared to dinner-prep and bedtime stories with his two precocious, pre-teen nieces.
Can Marty catch the culprit, save his sister, and get his life back in order before he gets unplugged?
Uncle and Ants is the first novel in a refreshingly modern mystery series set in Silicon Valley. If you like clever humor, sassy side characters, and average Joes facing extraordinary circumstances, then you’ll love this twisty mystery.
Buy Uncle and Ants to login to a fresh, funny mystery today!
Review
This new series could take the cozy world by storm. It has quirky characters, Texas Crazy Ants, a mystery with multiple suspects, and two precocious girls that sometimes steal the spotlight, OK often steal the spotlight!
Marty is a very cerebral male and I sometimes wonder if it is his chosen career field or if he might be on the spectrum that makes him say and do the things that he does during this book. His thought process is different than mine but he does eventually put the pieces together but the ending was still quite surprising with how the whole story line plays out and what started as something innocent turns into murder and attempted murder. I think Marty does need to work on his communication skills. I’m sure he came off a little wacky with some of the messages he left on the detective’s voice mail.
The clues are there to lead you to the killer but they are buried quite nicely so you have to actually work a little to figure out how each piece fits into the puzzle.
We think this will be a great series and look forward to the next book. We give this 4 paws up
About the Author
In my family, I was born first — a fact my sister never lets me forget, no matter what milestone age she hits.
For most of my life, I’ve been inventing stories. Some, especially when I was young, involved my sister as the villain. As my sister’s brother for her entire life, I’m highly qualified to tell the tale of the evolving, quirky sibling relationship in Uncle and Ants: A Silicon Valley Mystery.
My writing skills were honed in years of marketing leadership positions in Silicon Valley. While my high-tech marketing roles involved crafting plenty of fiction, we called these marketing collateral, emails, and ads.
My family and friends would tell you that Marty’s character isn’t much of a stretch of the imagination for me, but I proudly resemble that remark.
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Giveaway
This sounds pretty funny–thanks for the giveaway.
looks cute – I entered
Thanks for the lovely review and spotlighting Uncle and Ants on your blog today. Marty’s adventures continue in book 2, Chutes and Ladder, which will be released in a few months. Marty, his nieces, Raj, and even a new family member will continue to make you laugh as they encounter another dangerous and crazy situation.
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Thanks,
Marc
Thank you for your review on “Uncles and Ants” by Marc Jedel and for being part of the book tour.
Adorable cover and I can’t wait for the opportunity to read this book.