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2026 Book 37 - Definitely Maybe Not a Detective by Sarah Fox

It was cute. It felt like it took a while to get going, and it lagged in parts. There was a bit too much internal dialogue for my tastes. The romance part felt weak to me, and the killer was exactly who I expected it to be. It was a fine cozy mystery, but there was no grit.

Emersyn is raising her niece after her brother dies of cancer. (So she’s Auntie Em.) She gets fired from her waitressing job, so she’s job hunting in order to figure out a way to stay afloat. She’s broke because an ex-boyfriend ran off with her savings. Her friend devises a plan to get Em’s money back - buy fake detective business cards and make him think he’s under surveillance for theft. The cards say “Wyatt” because Emersyn always equated that name with sexy romance leads. Then she meets a mysterious Wyatt while trying to confront her ex. Finally, a guy in her apartment building dies, and Em is “hired” to solve the crime.

It was farcical in places, with the elderly people in the building all helping to investigate while also being suspects. And there is one hot guy who also lives in the apartment building, who happens to be the one most physically able to commit a murder, who is also a love interest for Em. But if Wyatt is the main love interest, then of course the secondary guy has to be the killer, because that’s just how cozy mysteries work. I found myself wanting to just get through it instead of really enjoying the book, but it was ok. 

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