MACDEATH by Cindy Brown is a new mystery novel series that
has a great start
with lively characters and an interesting plot. It is
about an actress, Ivy Meadows,
who has a part in the local theater in the production of
Macbeth. With playing a
part in Macbeth, there always comes the chance with a
curse. During the
rehearsal, there is a murder and Ivy with the help from
her grandfather, who
owns his own detective agency, spends the upcoming days
trying to find out who
is responsible. She has to be careful though, because her
investigating does not
make her famous among her peers. After a while she wonders
whom she can
trust.
Ivy, the main character, you cannot help but to
love her with her humor at
times and go get it spirit that may contribute to her
getting into sticky situations.
She is trying hard to do the right thing and at times
seems unsure of herself. As
the story develops in MACDEATH, Ivy gets braver and a
couple of times she goes
with her gut even if it turns out that she should have
kept her thoughts as her
own and not verbally shared them. We all have been in
those shoes at one time
or another, leaving you able to relate with some of Ivy's
feelings. Cindy Brown
has a great beginning to her series with this character.
MACDEATH is an easy read that will have you hooked
from the first page. It
is definitely packed with surprises all the way to the
end. Cindy Brown uses what
she knows from the theater life to give us an exciting
mystery with all the
suspense that keeps you holding on. The storyline is
unique for a mystery series
and I am looking forward to the future novels to follow.
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES
Sub-Genre Tags: Humorous Mysteries, Amateur Sleuths, Women
Sleuths, Private Investigator Books
Like every actor, Ivy Meadows knows that Macbeth is
cursed. But she’s finally scored her big break, cast as an
acrobatic witch in a circus-themed production of Macbeth
in Phoenix, Arizona. And though it may not be Broadway,
nothing can dampen her enthusiasm—not her flying caldron,
too-tight leotard, or carrot-wielding dictator of a
director.
But when one of the cast dies on opening night, Ivy is
sure the seeming accident is “murder most foul” and that
she’s the perfect person to solve the crime (after all,
she does work part-time in her uncle’s detective agency).
Undeterred by a poisoned Big Gulp, the threat of being
blackballed, and the suddenly too-real curse, Ivy pursues
the truth at the risk of her hard-won career—and her life.
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