Organized to Death: Tina Tales (Tina Tales Mysteries #1) by Jan Christensen

Review Courtesy of April Hollingworth

Wonderfully brilliant I loved this book. It is the first book in the series, but each book can be read as a standalone. The way the story is written is superb. We’re giving a look into the killers mind and watch how the characters interact and figure out exactly what is going on. As Tina try’s to sort out her own life, she finds more unanswered questions, and a determination to solve each and every one of those questions. Completely brilliant.

Opening Scene:

Newport, Rhode Island

Autumn, 2007

She entered her home, hands shaking, her heart beating so hard she seriously thought she’d have a heart attack.

The Review:

Picking up the pieces from her shattered life, Tina Shaw starts her new business of professional organizer in her home town of Newport. What she doesn't expect to find is the murdered body of her clients’ sister, Crystal, in the only uncluttered room in the house. A baby’s nursery; never been used, but left as if expecting an arrival any second. Unable to work while the police investigate, she accepts the job of reorganizing the handsome but spooky new doctor’s office. A job needing badly doing after the disarray left from the previous physician.

Ignoring the handsome doctor’s obvious interest in her, Tina begins to realize that her old boyfriend who she’s seeing again, is a complete control freak where her work is concerned. Then there’s Hank, who makes her hotter by the minute and can leave her in a puddle just by a look. As she works through the office clutter, she realizes that nothing is as it seems. Secrets from the past may be affecting the present, and be the cause for the murder. Now the killer is hunting down those closest to Crystal. A list that includes Tina herself.

Notable Scene:

“Hey, Red,” Hank greeted her.

“Hello, Hank,” she said carefully, but sank back onto the pillows, melting now from different feelings. Feelings she didn’t want to have.

“I heard about Crystal. You found her?”

“How’d you hear?”

“That’s not important. You’re what’s important. Are you okay?”

If she melted any more, she’d be a puddle. Most unsuitable, she heard her mother’s voice in her head. Hank had no visible means of support, and Tina’s mother recoiled at the very thought of him and her daughter together. But Hank did something for a living-Tina knew that-because sometimes he was totally unavailable, and he had enough money to live nicely. Not lavishly, but nicely. Sometimes Tina wished she knew what he did, but she’d long since stopped asking him. He was both noncommittal and evasive and always seemed annoyed.

“I'm alight, Rachel isn't doing so well.”

“They were close,” Hank said. “It will be hard for her.”

FTC Advisory: Jan Christenson provided me with a copy of Organized to Death by Jan Christensen. Published through Jan Christenson. Kindle Edition. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.