Hit and Mist: A Silicon Valley Mystery
Cozy Mystery
4th In Series
Publisher: BGM Press
Paperback: 213 pages

Synopsis

He’s determined to prove his friend innocent of homicide. He may make things worse….

When Marty’s surfer-dude pal is arrested for murder, he must squeeze his amateur sleuthing into his packed schedule. With his high-tech job busier than ever and his nieces’ antics sidetracking him, Marty’s ready for a Thanksgiving holiday. All he has to do is solve two murders. But if he can’t even convince his sister to bake his favorite chocolate pie, how can he hope to save his friend?

With the help of his girlfriend, some wacky coworkers and Buddy the rambunctious Labrador, Marty sets out to disprove the ironclad evidence. But as the suspect list blossoms out of control, his bumbling efforts might lead him into problems faster than a failing hard drive.

Can he clear his friend’s name before he’s blown to bits?

Hit and Mist is the fourth book in the riotous Silicon Valley cozy mystery series. If you like your murder cases twisty, your suspect lists long, and your detectives clueless, then you’ll love Marc Jedel’s humorous murder adventure.

Buy Hit and Mist to stumble onto the truth today!

Review

Marty Marty Marty….what are we going to do with you?

I have enjoyed this series from the first book.  Marty is a doting uncle that tells bad jokes to his nieces and has an inflated sense of what he does (or doesn’t do) for the local police force.  In fact, it has earned him the nickname Princess from Detective Mace.  But that doesn’t stop him, along with some help from his coworkers, in jumping right in to try and solve the mystery and help his friend, Brody, out of a jam.  Sadly, I don’t think he gets much of it right.

Marty makes me laugh at the situations he finds himself in the middle of and I sometimes wonder how he can be so clueless.  I think I mentioned this in some of my reviews of his other books, but I think Marty might be on the spectrum.  If he isn’t, he has many traits such as his obsession with different aspects of the case or with his friends.  I do like how his girlfriend, Megan, helps keep him somewhat grounded.  His sister, nieces, and even his neighbor Mrs. Kim round out his life.  I was happy to see his coworker, Raj, back from his trip to India.  However, there is a surprise that he unleashes on Marty that should make for some interesting side stories in future books.

The mystery was engaging and it was intriguing to watch Marty try and connect the dots.  No spoilers, but the reveal of the killer wasn’t what I was expecting.  I did guess how one part of that scene would play out based on previous comments in the book.

Overall, an enjoyable series and we give it 4 paws up.

About the Author

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 this evolving, quirky sibling relationship.

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.

The publication of my first novel, Uncle and Ants, gave me permission to claim “author” as my job. And achieving Amazon Best Seller status gave me even better adjectives to use in front of “author.” This has led to way more interesting discussions than answering “marketing.”

My family would tell you that Marty’s character isn’t much of a stretch of the imagination for me, but I’m comfortable with that situation.

Like Marty, I live in Silicon Valley and can’t believe that otherwise normal people would willingly jump out of an airplane and call it fun. Unlike Marty, I have a wonderful wife and a neurotic but sweet, small dog, who is often the first to weigh in on the humor in my writing.

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