Homemaker – Book Review

When a former friend and devoted mother vanishes, a confident homemaker turned amateur sleuth follows an unexpected trail of scandals and secrets to find her.

Prairie Nightingale is both the midlife mother of two teenage girls and a canny entrepreneur who has turned homemaking into a salaried profession. She’s also fascinated with the gritty details of other people’s lives. So when seemingly perfect Lisa Radcliffe, a member of her former mom-friends circle, suddenly disappears, it’s in Prairie’s nature to find out why.

Given her innate talent for vital pattern recognition, Prairie is out to catch a few clues by taking a long, hard look at everyone in Lisa’s life—and uncovering their secrets. Including Lisa’s. Prairie’s dogged curiosity is especially irritating to FBI agent Foster Rosemare, the first interesting man Prairie has met since her divorce. His square jaw and sharp suits don’t hurt.

But even as the investigation begins to wreak havoc on Prairie’s carefully tended homelife, she’s resolved to use her multivalent homemaking skills to solve the mystery of a missing mom—and along the way discover the thrill of her new sleuthing ambitions.

Prairie Nightingale is recently divorced with two sassy teenagers, a mother-in-law who still lives with Prairie. She is both a midlife mother and an entrepreneur where she turned homemaking into a successful salaried business. When Lisa Radcliffe, Prairie’s former friend and a mother that all the mothers in the circle know disappeared, Prairie is curious. Lisa is a dedicated mother and runs a business called Kitty Blue. Meanwhile the FBI is seemed to be interested in Lisa Radcliffe case and Agent Foster tries to work with Prairie. And Prairie must find out what really happened to Lisa Radcliffe.

This was a very interesting read–kind of reminded me of Finlay Donovan series. There were funny parts in the book and it was a cozy mystery so it was interesting. The story is told in Prairie’s version. The struggle being a teenage mother seems real as we see Prairie dealing with her daughters’ drama daily. However, the who-dunnit part seems direct and the ending was expected as it was no surprise. The book however was written well as the authors manage to lure the reader into the story.

Overall this is worth four stars.