Review – Your Chariot Awaits

Andi McConnell thought turning sixty was the worst thing that could happen that week, but she was wrong. She was fired from Friends and Neighbors Insurance Company because of a company merger. She’d break up with her boyfriend Jerry, inherit a stretch “lim-o-zeen” with bullet proof windows from rich and eccentric Uncle Ned, find the body of her ex-boyfriend in the trunk and become a murder suspect and be knocked unconscious.

It was too much for a lifetime, let alone one week.

When Joella, her new confidant and duplex tenant finds her unconscious beside the sleek, black limousine in her driveway, she calls 911. After the police arrive, Andi tries to answer the detective’s questions, even though her head is bleeding and her memory is fuzzy. Her answers sound lame even to her own ears. Joella assures her afterward that God would work it out, but Andi isn’t as confident. Fine for Joella to say, Andi, thinks. She, however, wasn’t on speaking terms with God.

When Andi refuses medical treatment the detective’s suspicions about her alibi of an unknown assailant seem confirmed to the detective and Andi realizes she must find the killer before the police charge her with murder. An acquaintance, Keegan “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, a private investigator from a television series, learns of her predicament and knocks on her duplex door. He’s eager to solve the case, but also wants to get to know sassy, Andi McConnell better. But, there’s a big difference between a television series and real life. When Andi starts asking questions she learns she really didn’t know her ex-boyfriend at all. And what she doesn’t know just might kill her.

Your Chariot Awaits, an exceptional find in the romantic comedy mystery genre, is the first book in the Andi McConnell series. It takes place in the small town of Vigland, which the author patterned after Shelton, Washington, and the San Juan Islands.

Lorena McCourtney’s rare comedic talent, quirky, lovable characters-from the nosy next-door-neighbor, to the wacky uncle who gives strange gifts upon his death-will make you laugh out loud and keep turning the pages. Choosing a humorous and loving, sixty-year-old protagonist with realistic concerns will only add to McCourtney’s already strong fan base. This cozy mystery is too good to miss. It will keep you guessing until the end, and leave you looking forward to the sequel, tentatively titled, Here Comes the Ride.