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Book Review of Dying In Style (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Bk 1)

Dying In Style (Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper, Bk 1)
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Josie Marcus is a single mom. She moved back home when she became pregnant and now lives in the duplex where she grew up. Her mother lives in the other apartment. Her mother is full of regrets; for her own marriage that didn't work out, for the life her daughter is living as a single parent, and because her daughter's job as a secret shopper, doesn't live up to her expectations. Josie likes the job as she gets to set a schedule that allows her to drop her daughter off at school and pick her up. She has a eligible bachelor neighbor, who doesn't live up to Josie's standards but meets all of Mom's criteria - stable job, good money, and just boring enough that he wouldn't leave Josie. In this book, Josie becomes a suspect in a murder after a pocketbook designer and her live in boyfriend are found murdered. She decides to prove herself innocent as she doesn't feel the police are looking beyond her.