Cleaning is Murder by Elizabeth Spann Craig
My Rating: ★★★★
It was just another day in Bradley when Myrtle gets a frantic call from her house cleaner, Puddin. You see, when Puddin was done watching her shows on her client’s couch, she discovered that he was murdered! Myrtle is on the case because she knows Puddin doesn’t have it in her to murder someone. Is she lazy? Yes, but Puddin wouldn’t hurt a fly! Unfortunately for Myrtle, Puddin keeps making herself look worse as the prime suspect on top of announcing that she knows who the killer is. It’s up to Myrtle to find the killer before Puddin gets locked up, or worse… becomes the next victim!
One can never go wrong with one of the Myrtle Clover mysteries, and here I am happy to read yet another book in the series! I always love following Myrtle around in these hilarious and fun book. This time around, we follow her as she investigates the latest murder in town because she wants to clear her housekeeper's name. While Myrtle and Puddin are never on the best of terms, they’re now forced to work together to some extent.
Like always, there’s a great cast of characters. Honestly, I think this is the most I’ve ever seen of Puddin in these books and now I want to see more of her and Myrtle butting heads about things other than cleaning. It was absolutely hilarious! It also turns out that they’re a great duo of sorts, though saying they did much investigating together would be stretching it. It was also fun to see Miles attempt to increase his investigating skills in addition to getting to see more of the townsfolk. It’ll be interesting to see if some of these new characters pop up in later volumes.
While it was fun seeing Puddin play a larger role, I was also excited to see Wanda make a regular appearance. It would be so much fun to see a short story or something with Wanda taking a prominent role. I can dream! Like always, this was an excellent read, and I’m hoping to see a lot more of Wanda and Puddin after this.
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