Publisher's Weekly Review
In Rosett's sparkling third Mom Zone mystery (after 2007's Staying Home Is a Killer), air force wife Ellie Avery tags along with her husband, Mitch, while he's attending a FROT (Foreign Reciprocity Officer Training) class in Washington, D.C. Ellie is ready for some tourist R & R, but while on a sightseeing trip with other air force wives she sees someone who looks like her sister-in-law, Summer Avery, push a man off the Metro platform. The victim turns out to be Jorge Dominguez, a sinister gardener who happens to have been stalking Summer, making her a prime suspect in his murder. Vickie Archer, who runs the Women's Advancement Center where Summer works, also knew Jorge. When, at Summer's suggestion, Ellie redoes the Archer daughter's messy bedroom for Mom Magazine, Ellie finds a major clue and becomes a moving target for the real killer. Rosett skillfully interweaves a subplot about a Korean war veteran recovering his memory and provides practical travel tips from Ellie's organizational Web site, Everything in Its Place. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
An Air Force wife turns a vacation in the nation's capital into a murder hunt. Ellie and Mitch Avery are ready for a vacation when Mitch is ordered to attend special training in Washington, D.C. It's not exactly what they planned, but pregnant Ellie enjoys the historic sites until she witnesses a murder: A man she'd recently seen talking to their tour guide is pushed off a subway platform. When her sister-in-law Summer becomes a suspect, Ellie feels she must get involved. Although Summer had been babysitting the daughter of her employers, the Archers, at the time of the murder, her Metro card is found at the scene, and someone who looks a lot like her is picked up on surveillance cameras. Summer pushes Ellie into organizing the little Archer girl's bedroom for a photo shoot meant to showcase her politically ambitious mother. It's there that she picks up a memory chip containing information about a terrorist organization. In addition to trying to help Summer, Ellie meets a friend of her cousin Debbie's father, whose fate in Korea remains mysterious--and related to Ellie's current case. As she flits around Washington's tourist destinations searching for clues, her sleuthing skills get her into potentially fatal trouble. Hyperorganized Ellie (Staying Home is a Killer, 2007, etc.) is an engaging heroine, always ready with tips for ordering your life. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
