Maggie Needs an Alibi (Maggie Kelly Mystery, #1)

Product was delivered within 3 days. Before what was recommended as this was being delivered from Calif. I have read read books from Kasey Michaels & was not disappointed. I would recommend this series.

Maggie has made a successful career for herself telling the stories of the finest Regency detective since Holmes, Alexandre Saint Just and his trusty sidekick Sterling. Until now, she has not had to worry about out of control characters or writer's block. Then, one day she opens her eyes to find that Sterling and Saint Just have gone out of her head, literally. They are in her living room, bodily, and she is short a couple of cats.If the fact that her star characters are now her roommates wasn't enough to deal with, her ex boyfriend is making a pest of himself. Though she might like to kill Kirk the Jerk, Maggie never intended to do so. She just has to convince the police of that, when he winds up dead after eating poison mushrooms she served. Maybe having Saint Just around is a good thing after all.***** Maggie and her two "friends" will quickly win your heart. The situation is completely unique and fresh, and the humor fast paced. Maggie is easy to like, and while Alex and Sterling might get on your nerves, it's in the way that loved ones can. You love them for the irratations. I look forward to their further exploits. *****

This book (and its sequel, Maggie By the Book) do not belong hidden amongst the Harlequins and Silhouettes. The series is witty, well-written entertainment that anyone can enjoy. Imagine Anthony Edwards in full Scarlet Pimpernel glory appearing in your Manhattan living room, along with a charming Watson-like sidekick, and you're off to the races. I haven't laughed this hard with a book in a long time. Not to mention - the mystery itself is a decent who-dunit.If you are looking for a light read without sacrificing writing quality - look no further. Snatch these two up and you'll soon be holding your breath for a new one!

I want to start by saying, with my apologies to Ms. Michael's, that I don't normally read her books. I find them a little "formula". (sorry again)! Something about this storyline appealed to me,and I thought I would give it a try. I LOVED IT!I read it in a couple of days, and although I had the murderer figured out myself, (my reasons for the murder weren't exactly correct) I enjoyed how the characters came to their conclusions. I really look forward to visiting these characters again, fun premise and fun writing by Ms. Michaels.

Six years ago, Toland Publishing fired midlist romance writers including Maggie Kelly better known as historical author Alica Tate Evans. Rather than cry in her tea, Maggie switches genres trying her word processing on the Regency mystery sub-genre. Creating amateur sleuth hero Viscount Saint Just and his sidekick Balder, Maggie uses the "O" filled pen name of Cleo Dooley. She quickly becomes a New York Times best selling author.Maggie begins to wonder what is in her tea when Saint Just and Balder appear in her Manhattan apartment. As they drive her crazy, Maggie feels responsibility for the duo even though they adjust to modern life like ducks to water. When Maggie's publisher Kirk Toland dies after dining at her home, the police suspect the author killed him, as they were former lovers. Naturally Saint Just reverts to character and investigates the homicide in his nineteenth century aristocratic manner that skewers urbane urbanites.Renowned writer Kasey Michaels takes the trendy dive from romance to mystery with MAGGIE NEEDS AN ALIBI, but does not just add a lot of suspense to a tale of love as commonly done with the switch. Unlike Maggie, Ms. Michaels needs no alibis as she satirizes the publishing industry where small success mean downsizing. The amusing story line contains an entertaining who-done-it starring a wonderful heroine and her now living Regency characters learning the uses of plastic faster than solving the case. This cast humorously skewers anyone in its path while making this novel into a deserving sure shot bestseller.Harriet Klausner