It Takes Two to Mango

· Trouble in Paradise! Book 1 · Sourcebooks, Inc.
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FIRST BOOK IN A BRAND-NEW ISLAND COZY MYSTERY SERIES

It's all fun in the sun until there's a murder in paradise

Looking for an escape to the Caribbean? Check out this new series:

  • Great beach read
  • Perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Vicki Delany
  • For readers of mysteries set in paradise

After Plum Lockhart's job as a travel magazine editor is eliminated in corporate cuts, she decides she's sick of cold winters in NYC and fruitless swiping on dating apps—what she needs is a dramatic change of scenery. On a whim, she accepts a job as a villa broker and moves to a beautiful Caribbean island.

However, paradise isn't as perfect as it seems: the slow pace of island life, the language barrier, and a cutthroat office rival make Plum question leaving her old life behind. But when a client is found dead in the jacuzzi of Casa Mango—a property Plum manages—she knows she's really in a jam. With a killer loose on the island Plum will have to deal with a stonewalling police chief, a string of baffling clues, and a handsome Director of Security to solve this deadly case!

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Janice Tangen
12 June 2021
cozy-mystery, situational-humor, verbal-humor, island-life, Caribbean, murder, murder-investigation, security-staff, law-enforcement, caricatures, snarky, snobs, family-dynamics, friendship***** Plum is a caricature of the classic perception of a driven NYC editor: aloof, self absorbed, better than everyone else. Then she gets downsized and can't find a job. So she decides to take a temporary job at a classy resort on a small island in the Caribbean where she most definitely does not fit in! Very slowly she begins to become more humane as she spends more time with others who live there and grudgingly begins to adapt to the ways of people who live in hot, humid, sunny climates. And, of course, there's the murder. So she decides that she is better at sleuthing than anyone else. The descriptions of everything and everyone are great, and the caricature characters had me ROFL. A nice fun read! I requested and received a temporary digital ARC of this book from Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
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About the author

Carrie Doyle is the best-selling author of multiple novels and screenplays that span many genres.A born and bred New Yorker, Carrie has spent most of her life in Manhattan, with the exception of a six-year stint in Europe (Russia; France; England) and five years in Los Angeles. A former Editor-in-Chief of the Russian edition of Marie Claire, Carrie has written dozens of articles for various magazines. She is also a screenwriter, and her movie Intern (co-written with Jill Kargman) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.Carrie currently splits her time between New York and Long Island, with her husband and two teenage sons.

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