Kate Connelly may have found the perfect work-from-home Mommy job: private investigator. After all, the hours are flexible, she can bring the baby along on stake-outs, and if you’re going to be up all night anyway, you might as well solve some crimes. But when a body is pulled from San Francisco Bay that may be her brother-in-law, Kate must crack the case faster than you can say “diaper rash” in order to keep her family together.

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Diana Orgain
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Listening Length	7 hours and 10 minutes
Author	Diana Orgain
Narrator	Diana Orgain
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	March 05, 2013
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00BPBA65W
Best Sellers Rank	#56,244 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,710 in Women Sleuth Mysteries #9,678 in Women Sleuths (Books)

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Beverly Gonzalez

Kate and Jim are expecting their first baby any second now but the news is marred by a telephone call stating Jim's brother may have been found dead!

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2017

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Kate is in labor with her first child when the phone rings with bad news about her husband Jim's brother. A body has been found in the bay and Jim's brother George's belongings have been found on the pier near the location where the murdered body was found. Kate delivers baby Laurie and finds out George was not the victim. If George isn't the victim then where is he? Since Kate is on maternity leave she decides to look for him herself. As Kate investigates she discovers she knows some of the people involved personally. She meets a private investigator who thinks she just might be cut out to be a private investigator herself. That would suit her just fine! Since baby Laurie arrived she doesn't want to go back to her old job anyway! This book hilariously takes birth and motherhood to a new level! It's twists and turns will leave you laughing and crying and rooting for Kate to solve the murders, yes the murders. A great author and book. I highly recommend both!

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Mickie Dunlap

F word

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017

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F word do I need to say more? So glad it was in the very first part, I did not finish it.

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Lora S.

Knew I would like this series

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2019

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I knew I would like this series. This was a fun book, and way more interesting than half the books I have been reading lately. I can’t say I finished it all in a single day, but it did get pulled to the top of my reading list a lot quicker than its original position would have justified.

Some of Kate’s investigation feels a little far-fetched, but the interspersed scenes from her early days with the baby are very natural and believable. This is certainly a different take on the mystery genre.

Kate Connolly is a new mom. Just before she went into labor someone from the medical examiner’s office asking about her husband’s brother. They have found a dead body in the bay – months old. And on the pier close to where it was found were brother George’s bags.

Luckily for Kate and her husband Jim it turns out that the body isn’t George. But then, whose is it? And what were George’s bags doing on the pier? Only a few days home from the hospital, Kate has to go down and pick up the bags because the police are unable to find George. Kate and Jim haven’t seen him in months either. Kate sets out to find him herself.

She discovers that the wife of the real dead man is a classmate of hers from high school. But shortly after she takes the new baby, Laurie to visit her, this woman turns up dead as well. A day or so later, she is visited by a private investigator evidently hired by the dead man’s mother to find out what happened to him. At this point, George’s whereabouts still remain a mystery.

Kate at first doesn’t like the private investigator, but she tells herself after watching him at work that his job doesn’t seem that hard – just asking questions, driving around, and charging a lot of money. She slowly gets the idea of starting her own private investigator business.

The next day Kate catches a break of sorts. She comes home from checking out another clue only to find the private investigator hunched over his steering wheel outside her house. She first thinks he’s been spying on her, then that someone has killed him, and calls 911. It turns out that he has suffered a heart attack. She just happens to find his notebook and picks it up without the police noticing.

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R. Hudson

Is her brain working?

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018

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This is a light read with some rather likable characters, especially the PI hired to find out what is going on. Unfortunately I frequently had to ask myself whether the main characters brain was working or not. She fell into answers sheerly by knowing the right people and was lucky to survive the entire thing; all while wandering about with a newborn baby.

If you are looking for a cozy mystery that is light on plot go for it.

If, on the other hand, you are looking for something that will tease your brain at all or show a smidgen of sense by more then one (maybe two) of the characters give it a pass.

I won’t be reading it again.

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Charlene Crosthwaite

Bundle of Trouble

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2022

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I loved this book. It took a bit to really get pulled into the story, but by then I was too interested in the story plot.
Just goes to show how well us women multitask! Being the Mother of four and having nursed all of them was an exhausting job, but so rewarding! The bond you have with your child is priceless. My Mom and Mother-in-law had spotless houses and often propped a bottle to feed the baby. My house would be there, but the baby grows very quickly.

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Light and Entertaining While Touching on Real-World Maternity Issues

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2019

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I was intrigued but a bit skeptical going into this book. Would it be fresh and entertaining, or unbearably twee and saccharine? You never know with cozy mysteries, and one about a new mother seemed especially risky. But on the other hand, how many mysteries feature new mothers as crime solvers? I had to check it out.

I'm glad to say that "Bundle of Trouble" steers more towards the fresh and entertaining side of things. New mother Kate doesn't want to go back to work after the birth of her daughter. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law has gotten mixed up in some bad stuff, and it's up to her to figure out what's going on. Has she found her new perfect career path as a PI?

I loved the premise, and the execution was also good. The story is light and amusing, with plenty of humor, while also touching on serious issues such as the problem of expecting new mothers to return to a corporate job after a mere six weeks--that's if they get any time off at all. And Kate's struggles to deal with new motherhood and get her old figure back will probably feel very relatable to many mothers. All in all, a fun, slightly different cozy mystery that entertains while touching on some real-world issues.

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Great mystery for a snowy weekend

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2022

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I loved this book. It took me back 55 years when my son was born. I then didn't realize how fantastic it was to stay home with the little one. Back then, though women didn't have the options to work out of the box like your cute hero has as a PI. I love the characters, the true to life stories and it really had me fooled who the killer happened to be. Thanks for a great read.

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Nikkib

A good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2018

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Searching for a light hearted read, I can across this book and dived in. I'm glad I found this book and am looking forward to reading more in the series.

Kate Connolly, expectant Mother finds herself in the middle of a homicide when the body of a man, dragged out of the bay, is thought to be her brother in laws.

The evening before she goes into labour, Kate and her husband receive a call from the County Coroner informing them that they think a body they've found is Kates Brother In Law. There is no love between her husband and his brother, but all the same they need to know.

Events overtake them and Kate goes into labour; once home with the baby she collects the effects which were found near the body; it has been determined not to be her brother in law, but the husband of an old school friend of hers.

Kate can't leave things alone, especially as more bodies are found. She finds herself in tight spots, suspected to be involved by the police, and doing the job of a Private Investigator. All this whilst she's on maternity leave, with the days counting down to when she has to return to work, when ask she wants to do is stay at home with her new baby.

Laugh out loud funny in places, sad in others. A little far fetched but a good read. I'm looking forward to reading the rest in the series.

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Book1 Kate & Jim's starting adventure

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2018

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I only have this book 3 stars not because I didn't like it, it was ok. It just seemed to drag on forever.

Meet Jim and Kate 9months pregnant just starting with her labour.
Jim's brother George is missing.
His pregnant girlfriend due any day as well.

Old school friends being murdered here there and everywhere.

Kate not looking forward to going back to her coperate 9_5 job decides she could be a Pi n solve the untimely deaths herself

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Tina Ryan

Fun Laugh Out Loud Read. Perfect Escapism.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2018

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What's not to like! Lives up to blurb. It is engaging, fun cozy mystery. What I call a dessert read. Perfect for when you reading something intense and need a break. I usually have couple of books on go at same time and read this when I needed lighter read. This good read for when you travelling or waiting in hospital waiting room for appointment. Guaranteed to make you laugh and forget your impatience and stresses for a while. Although the plot was improbable the characters were well drawn and book funny. I enjoyed book. It kept my attention. Did find unsympathetic police bit of cliche but that only fault I could find.

Father Ted

"Exactly what it says on the cover"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2017

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You can tick all three boxes; this is humorous, cozy, and a mystery. I'm more familiar with cuddling grandchildren these days than my own three kids, but a lot of happy memories were triggered through these pages. I like books that offer a different twist. A new mum, investigating various crimes which may, or may not involve family members is certainly different. The characters are all recognisable, the settings are authentic, and I rattled through the pages without ever getting bored. What more do you want from a cozy mystery?

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l.123

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2018

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This book is well written. It's what I call a lighthearted mystery, easy to ready with no blood or gore and definitely no nightmares. It's main characters, Jim and Kate, are looking forward to the birth of their first child but a phone call received from the police, while Kate was in labour effects the rest of their lives. Kate and Jim's life is turned upside with the news that a body has been found that might be Jim's brother. This is the start of series of deaths and how Kate's role of a new mum escalates into something much much more.

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