An Amateur Sleuths Guide to Murder, Lynn Cahoon
An Amateur Sleuths Guide to Murder, Lynn Cahoon
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An Amateur Sleuth's Guide to Murder

Author: Lynn Cahoon

Series: Bainbridge Island Mystery

Narrator: Vanessa Daniels

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/24/2025


Synopsis

TIP #1: WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU COUNTS AS WORK EXPERIENCE

Meg Gates could use a guidebook for life. Indeed, she's faced some challenges. She dropped out of college to work for a tech startup that failed—and her fiancé just took her bridesmaid to Italy on what was supposed to be Meg's honeymoon.

Now, at twenty-six, Meg has taken the ferry ride of shame from Seattle back to Bainbridge Island to live with her family. At least she has her rescue cocker spaniel, Watson, by her side. But it's Meg who could use a rescue—and she's hoping it will come in the form of a part-time gig doing research for a bestselling mystery writer.

TIP #2: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW—OR WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW

That's when the lightbulb goes on: Meg will write her own guidebook—a manual on criminal investigation. But before she can impress her new boss with her pet project, the author's manager is found dead on the rocks beneath the author's Gothic mansion.

Now it's time to put her guide to the test, as Meg sets out to clear her employer of suspicion and solve the crime. But there's one important caveat she'll have to add to her guide—

TIP #3: BEWARE OF UNKNOWN DANGERS

About Lynn Cahoon

Lynn Cahoon is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Kitchen Witch Mysteries, the Cat Latimer Mystery series, the Tourist Trap Mysteries, the Farm-to-Fork series, and the Survivors' Book Club Mystery series. Originally from Idaho, she grew up living the small-town life she now loves to feature in her novels. A member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers, she lives with her husband and two fur babies in a small historic town on the banks of the Mississippi River.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 15, 2025

Lynn Cahoon brings a new series to launch soon, and I was lucky enough to get an early copy. I've read nearly all the author's books, shy of the early ones before she switched to cozy mysteries. Always love seeing the new characters and setting. A lovely island off the coast of Seattle. A family wit......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on June 16, 2025

An Amateur Sleuth's Guide to Murder is the first of what looks to be a great new series. I love the setting of Bainbridge Island, WA and there are likable characters to get to know. Meg Gates is at a crossroads after her fiancé left her for one of her bridesmaids and she is between jobs. So, she mov......more

Goodreads review by Mystery, She Read on September 13, 2025

2.5🌟 Mood/ Seasonal reading: late May but enough talk of beaches and boats to feel like summer Oh boy. This was a let down for sure. And I have many thoughts and opinions. I was so excited for this book. Put it on my library holds immediately. Based on the description I was expecting a meta mystery s......more

Goodreads review by Marie on August 07, 2025

Sorry if you’re a fan of Cahoon’s work, but critical review is forthcoming. While Cahoon is a good writer and gives us likable, relatable characters, there were some major flaws with this book. 1. At a slim 240 pages, there’s no room for fluff; everything in those pages must move the plot forward. Un......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on April 18, 2025

A new series by a favourite author is always exciting, and the first book in the Bainbridge Island Mysteries doesn't disappoint! Meg Gates, not quite left at the altar but close enough, has returned home from Seattle to the small island she grew up on to reevaluate things. With part time jobs at her......more