Just Shoot Me Dead by Anne R. Tan

Item: Just Shoot Me Dead
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted January 1, 2024 by karenbaron in Mystery, Review, Series / 0 Comments

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Just Shoot Me Dead

by Anne R. Tan

Series: Lucy Fong Mystery #1
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Published by Rusty Chicken Books on April 9, 2018
Setting: Morro Cliff Village
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Pages: 270
Format: Kindle, Paperback
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While on a blind date with a doctor and his mama, Lucy Fong gets a call that her estranged mom is found shot in the stomach in her private investigation office. She returns to Morro Cliff Village to search for answers and her sister...and finds only a dead body in her sister's apartment.

When the local police chief zeros in on her sister as a "person of interest," Lucy must brush up her sleuthing skills. It's a race to find her sister before the police—and the killer—do.

She must use all her wits (and those she can borrow) to find this hidden killer before he strikes at her family again.

Don't miss this fast-paced cozy mystery—get your copy of "Just Shoot Me Dead" today!

Just Shoot Me Dead by Anne R. Tan is about Lucy Fong returning home to her family.

Will Lucy get justice for her mother?

Lucy Fong

Our sleuth is named Lucy Fong, and she is the oldest child who ran away from home. Lucy comes back home to try to mend bridges. She has a good head on her shoulders and a great heart for coming back home to help with things while her mom is in the hospital. She is a good character, and one that I can’t wait to see grow into an even better person. Now that she is back home and taking care of business while helping her mom get better.

The Mystery

Lucy Fong gets a call about her mom being shot, and that she is in the hospital. Somehow, no one has been able to get ahold of her baby half-sister. Lucy goes home to Morro Cliff Village to be there for her mom until she wakes up. Well, that is until she is put into the middle of a murder investigation that seems to point to her sister as being the main suspect. Lucy has to race around the clock to find her sister while figuring out what is going on in her family’s life. I have to say that I figured out who the killer was, but every motive I could think of wasn’t making any sense until it all came out at the end.

Five Stars

I am giving five stars to Just Shoot Me Dead by Anne R. Tan, and I am recommending this series. Ms. Tan has a great start to a series, and one that I’m hoping she will continue. The author has two other series as well. Lucy Fong is a funny character, but even more so when she has Po Po and Sally as her sidekicks.

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Until the next time,

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About Anne R. Tan

Anne R. Tan is a USA Today bestselling author. She writes the Raina Sun Mystery series, the Lucy Fong Mystery series, and the Cedar Woods Mystery series. Her humorous cozy mysteries feature Chinese-American amateur sleuths dealing with love, family, and life while solving murders. Her books feature diverse characters and relationships because everyone deserves to be an armchair detective.

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