Dead In Bed! Who You Gonna Call?Good Catholic school girl that she is, Brandy Alexander’s a true and trusted friend, not to mention something of a detective. So when Brandy’s best friend Julia, the ex-stripper-turned hotelier, finds her first guest covered in blood, lying half on and half off a broken bed, with Julia’s panties swinging from the chandelier, she gets Brandy on the horn. Cool-hand … the horn. Cool-hand Brandy assesses the situation, and carries out the only sensible course of action: first she makes a pot of coffee, then she calls the police.
˃˃˃ A Big, Fat, Pouffy-Skirted Italian Wedding
While Brandy and Jiff try to keep Julia out of the slammer, Brandy’s oldest school chum is getting married, and with eighteen bridesmaids, Brandy can’t escape being recruited, partnered with who else? Her favorite upstanding Italian member of NOLA’s finest, Dante.
˃˃˃ As The Suspense Mounts, The Romance Blossoms
Jiff is looking more and more like Mr. Right: a 100% Class Act, with his own Schnauzer and a soft spot for Brandy’s three. But Dante makes it clear that he doesn’t plan to go quietly; the former Mr. Right Next Door has a few very sexy moves he’s been holding in reserve, which knock Brandy’s socks, and her panties off!
˃˃˃ Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author!
With this one, Brandy’s fast becoming a female sleuth extraordinaire with a Big Easy flair, and cozy fans will be delighted to find her slapstick style a bit reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum. Fans of Stephanie Bond, Jana DeLeon, Joan Hess, Lisa Lutz, Sarah Strohmeyer, and Elaine Viets may also find a kindred spirit in this New Orleans dawlin’.
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This is the first time that I’ve read a book on my Kindle at home while listening to that same work on Audiobook in the car. It was an easy transition. I highly suggest the experience. Get this book in both formats!
What is a best friend for but to help you hide a dead body – or in this case, help the heroine make better decisions? It’s a bed and breakfast recipe for disaster as the detective who comes to weed through the clues is also an ex- and very cute indeed!
This cozy mystery was like a peek behind the New Orleans doors during graden week. Having read the author’s bio, I feel sure that I got a true taste of what’s cooking down in New Orleans and it’s a hoot! Grab your copy on Audio and Kindle and get ready for a spicy gumbo of a mystery.
When one of her first bed and breakfast customers winds up dead in his room and Julia is the prime suspect, Brandy swings into investigative mode, while juggling the attentions of a hot lawyer and the cop next door and preparing to be the maid of honour at a huge neighbourhood Italian wedding in this very funny suspense story.
I love Brandy’s frank, honest and genuinely funny outlook on life, even when she’s in the midst of her friend’s murder investigation and the insanity of picking bridesmaid’s dresses for 17 attendants.
This one’s a great story and stands well alone, or as a follow up to the first story which introduces many of the characters.
Great entertainment.
I enjoyed this book. This is book two in the series and I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first book. The stories ‘re stand alone books, so you don’t need to listen to them in order but I think it helps if you do. I like the bright and colourful characters and the author describes it so well that it is easy to picture walk down the streets of New Orleans or at least attending a wedding there. The mystery was good, which kept you guessing and the wedding plans and event added a light humours element to the book. I can’t wait to start the next book.
Brandy gets a panicked phone call from her best friend Julia, on the day her new bed and breakfast establishment is to open she wakes up to find her first guest dead in bed. He was murdered and Julia’s dress covered in blood is found in a near by dumpster. Julia has no idea what went on the previous night and as the police keep catching her in lies or half truths she quickly becomes the prime suspect. Brandy knows her best friend didn’t kill him but each time Julia opens her mouth She incriminate herself even more. If only Brandy could find a way to get out of being the maid of honour at an old Scholl friends wedding, so she could spend more time investigating. At least the dress the bride choose for the bridesmaids to wear should bring Julia out of funk and constant worry of being arrested. The dead man had his own problems and should be providing the police with plenty of suspects but when it is found out his girlfriend goes missing the same night he dies the best lead seems to have vanished leaving Julia to face the rap. Can Brandy clear her name or will having her boyfriend met her parents for the first time cause to much of a distraction? And what about her ex boyfriend the cop in charge of arresting Julia? Is there still some sparks left in that relationship?
I liked the narrator and thought she did a good job with the voices and accents needed in the story.
It starts with a murder on the first day a new inn opens. The body is found half off a broken bed with panties swinging from a chandelier. It doesn’t look good for stripper turned hotelier Julia. Brandy takes charge. First she makes coffee then she calls the police. I like her priorities. While trying to prove her best friend’s innocence Brandy finds herself in a friend’s wedding. A Big Pouffy Italian Wedding. As the maid of honor with her ex as best man. Just as she has begun a new relationship. The description of the dress is worth reading the book for, as is this description. I was given a free copy of this audiobook. I have not read the first book in the series but I want to. I thoroughly enjoyed this rather comical cozy mystery. It was well done. I only had a slight problem with the reader. She sometimes paused at the wrong place which interrupted the throw somewhat but not enough to ruin it. She sounded like Brandy Alexander.
Let me start by saying that I listened to the audiobook version of this story. This is the second book in the Go-Cup series but could be read as a stand-a-lone as the is enough background mentioned to let readers in but I definitely recommend starting with the first one as main characters and relationship sorry carries over to this story. In this story, Brandy Alexander (main character) is called to her best ‘s bed and breakfast hotel because of a dead guy. Her friend is accused and Brandi goes about trying to clear her friends name along with her childhood friend and cop, Dante. The author has created quirky characters that I find likable. Having grown up in the New Orleans area, I enjoy hearing about locations that I know and it is obvious that the author knows the area and culture of the city which adds credibility. The narrator is great at making distinct voices for each character and bringing their unique personalities to life. I look forward to the next in the series.
What would you do to help prove a friend’s innocence? Brandy fights with her loyalty to her friend who has been accused of murdering a B&B guest & her childhood cop boyfriend. Each encounter she has when compiling clues makes all their lives more complicated. As NOLA people & places put her deeper into danger, the action picks up speed. An idiotic Italian wedding Brandy is invited to be part of adds more mayhem & mischief to the mix. All together love & this lady again bring plenty of kooky quirks to the tale. Completely crazy characters always deliver drama & daring deeds sure to keep you interested & laughing all the while.
Sleuthing New Orleans style
A young woman is having trouble choosing which man she would rather be with…a cop she’s known all her life and both of their families are sure they will marry, or an attorney she recently met who is making her feel like a Princess. Decisions…decisions. What’s a girl to do? To top it all off her friend has been accused of murder…again! A real page turner!
This is book two in the series, The New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles, and the first I have listened to or read. I have seen it listed as a cozy mystery but I would not place it there due to a few steamy scenes.
Other than those scenes, the book did follow the cozy format.
The narrator did a wonderful job.
I really feel for Brandy in respect to the wedding preparations. I can totally sympathize with her on hideous dresses, headgear, and dyed shoes. I have never understood why bridesmaids are expected to spend lavishly on outfits that are ugly (or at least not to their liking) and will probably never be worn again.
The murder in question is of a band member staying at Julia’s B & B. Julia is the number one suspect. Who is Violet- were is she, did she commit the murder? If not, then why can’t she be found?
I’m not a fan of love triangles and I can see the situation between Brandy, Jiff, and Dante going in that direction. I can only hope it does not drag on through too many books or I will begin to resent Brandy for leading them on. I can understand her needing time to figure out who she is interested in seeing and getting to know in a romantic sense.
I would recommend this romp through New Orleans and the catholic Irish Channel district.
Dead and Breakfast is a fun cozy mystery. It’s the second book in the New Orleans go cup chronicles. Colleen Mooney gives us some interesting characters. Worth checking out for cozy mystery fans.
The wonderful characters and quirky situations had me laughing out loud while I wracked my brain trying to solve the murder mystery. OK, I failed to solve it. There is a section of the book about a big Italian wedding that had me cracking up and I loved all the references to New Orleans life and culture. I am not from there so I cannot verify the local information or accents, but I thoroughly enjoyed the romp. There is the ditsy owner of the B&B who could not resist a roll between the sheets with Guitarzan the lead guitarist in the band and the metro-sexual ex-con she hires who (he or she?) turns out to be a great seamstress. And the lead character has two hunky men that she is stringing along because she cannot make up her mind on which one to fall for. That is messy enough but add a murder and other shady situations and you have the perfect cozy mystery! I heard the audio version and I loved the narrator too.
Another great one by Colleen Mooney!!! This one was just as good as the first one. Very entertaining and well written!! I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review
Brandy has two handsome men who want to date her…And her best friend, Julia, is suspected of murder after she wakes up with a dead man in her bed. Will Jiff manage to keep her out of jail before Dante arrests her? Or can Brandy prove who actually killed him?
family-dynamics, friendship, murder, murder-investigation, relationship-issues, law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, women-sleuths
NOLA, Italian weddings, and murder complicated by relationships. Sounds like a winning combo to me! Filled with misdirections and red herrings plus angst and laughs, I loved it!
With a friend like Brandy Alexander, you’ll never be bored! When her friend (and new B&B owner) calls Brandy about an unadvertised “extra,” Brandy jumps into the fray to help solve the case. Dead bodies in the bedroom were never on the list of available amenities! Join Brandy as she tried to find the killer without becoming a victim herself. Mooney writes delightful New Orleans-based cozy mysteries which offer readers a mini-vacation in the Crescent City. Jump in!
Dead and Breakfast is Book 2 in the New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles by Colleen Mooney. Brandy Alexander is a good Catholic girl and she has some interesting friends. Her best friend since Catholic School is Julia. Julia is a former stripper, who married, is now a widow, bought a Bed and Breakfast, and…drum roll please, has her first guest dead in a broken bed with Julia’s and his bloody clothing everywhere in the room. WOW! I did say Brandy has interesting friends. Dante arrested Julia and Jiff is representing her. Dead and Breakfast has so much drama and I laughed at the imagery created by outstanding writing. Mr Good Kisser or Jiff and Mr Right Next Door or Dante are both hot for Brandy. Throw in a big Italian Wedding and this story just got funnier and wilder. Brandy is Maid of Honor and is forced to wear a poofy dress in a hideous color, Dante is Best Man and looking hot in his tuxedo, oh yes, Jiff is coming as Brandy’s date. All of this fun and excitement while a murderer is on the loose. With lots of adult liquor flowing, the ending is surprising and perfect. Alyson Krawchuk brings the story to life. Plus, there’s more to come with Book 3!
If you like Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels but wish it were set in New Orleans instead of New Jersey, you’ll enjoy Colleen Mooney’s Dead and Breakfast. You can feel the humidity sticking to you as you turn the pages. Just like Stephanie Plum, the heroine of this series—cheekily named Brandy Alexander—has a temper and a penchant for speaking harsh truths that often gets her in trouble.
The book opens with Brandy finding her friend Julia covered in the blood of the man she spent the night with. Soon, Brandy’s ex-boyfriend is heading up the murder investigation. Detective Dante Deedler—equally cheeky in naming convention—is an alpha male straight out of a bully romance novel who holds a pheromonal sway over Brandy, and together the two of them investigate the murder while trying to keep their hands off each other—and trying to keep their mutual attraction from Jiff, the lawyer who’s rapidly becoming Brandy’s main squeeze.
The New Orleans setting is rich in color and flavor, and the over-the-top Italian wedding that Brandy is sucked into provides an equally over-the-top family that delivers a ton of jokey banter and old-country grandmother moments.
The mystery itself is great for lovers of cozy mysteries who care more about love triangles than correct police procedure. The tone is light throughout, and the damsel-in-distress climax provides enough thrills to keep those pages turning until the end.
Book 1 did a lot to set up the situations in Dead and Breakfast, which is Book 2 in this long series, so newbies may want to start at the beginning before diving into this book.