CHICK LIT MYSTERY
Perfect is Overrated - Karen Bergreen (2012)
Kate has been suffering from post-natal depression and sometimes finds it hard even to get out of bed. When one of the bitchy mothers at her daughter Molly's exclusive New York preschool is murdered, it propels Kate, a former assistant district attorney, into action. Then when another death occurs, Kate wonders if there is a connection and starts trying to find out details off her ex Paul, the lead detective on the case. As Kate starts receiving phone hang-ups and senses she is being followed, could she be the killer's next target? This is a funny story that is part mystery, part mom lit that will keep you guessing throughout.
Perfect is Overrated, by stand-up comedian Karen Bergreen, is about a mother who tries to solve the murders of her town's alpha-moms. The summary says: "What the best cure for post-partum depression? After years of barely moving, Kate springs back to life when the mothers-you-love-to-hate in her daughter's preschool begin to turn up dead. Murder as a cure for sadness? Sounds evil, but it's not. Kate is so at sea she's still not sure whether what she suffers has to do with the birth of her little girl or with the fact that her handsome hunk of a detective husband doesn't live with her anymore. She might fall back in love, she might find a killer, but she sure won't be spending all day in bed anymore." Perfect is Overrated is out in July.