Title: A Geek Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Julie Anne Lindsey
Publication: 1 February 2021
Format: paperback
Amazon Description:
IT manager Mia Connors is up to her tortoiseshell glasses in technical drama when a glitch in the Horseshoe Falls email system disrupts security and sends errant messages to residents of the gated community. Mia doesn't have time to hunt down a computer hacker. Her best friend has disappeared, and she finds another of her friends murdered—in her office. Then the hunky new head of Horseshoe Falls security identifies Mia as the prime suspect.
Eager to clear her name, Mia moves into action to locate her missing buddy and find out who killed their friend. But her quick tongue gets her into trouble with more than the new head of security. When Mia begins receiving threats, the killer makes it clear that he's closer than she ever imagined.
Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff
I shared the beginning and a blip from page 56 of the paperback on Friday ... by Saturday evening I was cursing and praising Julie Anne Lindsey for bringing such amazing characters into my life ... and leaving the book in a way that is only acceptable because the rest of the Geek Girl's Guide trilogy is already available. [Geeks love trilogies, by the way. It's just the way it is.] Mia is so much like me in so many ways that it really didn't surprise me when I ended up with four pages of my blog notebook filled with quotes -- with even more highlighted in the digital version that had to also be obtained so I could continue to read even when the lights were off.
I understood her. I felt her. Aside from the family, age, bank account, and murder, I was her. My wardrobe is almost equal parts nerdy fandom shirts and cute girly-girl dresses (I prefer Mary Janes to Mia's stilettos, though). I never ever willingly go anywhere beyond the corner store without my tablet, my smart phone, and a book (not counting the hundreds of digital books on various clouds). I have serious social anxiety issues but get along remarkably well with just about everyone I have to deal with for work. I have little clue and little success when it comes to 90% or more of the members of the opposite sex. Hipsters make me cringe.
Mia Connors is my girl and Nate reminds me so very much of my beloved Ben -- one of my dearest friends who sadly passed a couple of years ago. I kept picturing us as Mia and Nate ... without Mia's Jimmy Choos and flowing Guinevere hair (I tend to stick with the pixie cut Ben insisted was my "bestest"). I regret that we never got to solve any actual mysteries together. We would have been epic.
As for the mystery and storyline, there were so many pieces that it kept me guessing as to how they would all fit together. Seeing how it all worked together was brilliant and stressful and awe-inspiring and a little bit anxiety-inducing. At one point, the oh-so-confusing security guard Jake told Mia that he was surprised that she was good at her part of the investigations going on. She replied with "well, I like a challenge, so this has been fun." It was fun for me, as well, and I look forward to getting my hands on the next two books.
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Thank you so much for reading my story. Your review is sheer delight!
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