Ready to Fumble by Christy Barritt is book one in her Worst Detective Ever series. The name of the series is actually what caused me to look into buying the book and I’m glad I did. Her books are as humorous as the series name. I love her main character, Joey Darling, and the mysteries she gets tangled up in. I enjoyed this one so much, I’ve read the other five in the series. You won’t go wrong with these cozy mysteries…
Ready to Fumble
I’m not really a private detective. I just play one on TV.
Joey Darling, better known to the world as Raven Remington, detective extraordinaire, is trying to separate herself from her invincible alter ego. She played the spunky character for five years on the hit TV show Relentless, which catapulted her to fame and into the role of Hollywood’s sweetheart.
When her marriage falls apart, her finances dwindle to nothing, and her father disappears, Joey finds herself on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, trying to piece her life back together away from the limelight. A woman finds Raven—er, Joey—and insists on hiring her fictional counterpart to find a missing boyfriend. When someone begins staging crime scenes to match an episode of Relentless, Joey has no choice but to get involved.
Joey’s bumbling sleuthing abilities have her butting heads with Detective Jackson Sullivan and kindling sparks with thrill-seeking neighbor Zane Oakley. Can Joey channel her inner Raven and unearth whodunit before she ends up totally done in? And where is her father anyway? Can she handle fame, or is disappearing into obscurity the wiser option?
That sounds like a lot of fun. I love stories that make me laugh.