Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala
When murder mars the grand opening for Lila Macapagal’s aunties’ new laundromat, she will have to air out all the dirty laundry in Shady Palms to catch a killer…
Lila Macapagal’s godmothers April, Mae, and June—AKA the Calendar Crew—are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a new laundromat, to much fanfare (and controversy). However, what should’ve been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the building has been vandalized—and the body of Ninang April’s niece, recently arrived from the Philippines, next to a chilling message painted on the floor. The question is, was the message aimed at the victim or Lila’s gossipy godmothers, who have not-so-squeaky-clean reputations?
With Ninang April falling apart from grief and little progress from the Shady Palms Police Department in this slippery case, it’s up to Lila and her network to find justice for the young woman.
The Calendar Crew have stuck their noses into everybody’s business for years, but now the tables are turned as Lila must pry into the Calendar Crew’s lives to figure out who has a vendetta against the (extremely opinionated yet loving) aunties and stop them before they strike again.
This is a book four so there may be spoilers from the first three books below.
I’m starting to like this series more now. It may just be because I’ve been reading about the same characters for a bit. Or it could be the plot from this one. Even though I knew early on who it was, I enjoyed the mystery a lot. I liked how Jae was helpling Lila now with her investigating. Just like with the others, the book made me hungry. And I’m a super picky eater. But a handful of things in each book sound good to me. I don’t want to talk about the plot too much. I’m happy that Izzy and Ronnie stuck around. And Marcus was in this one more. (I hope I got all those names right. There are a lot of characters.)
I gave this one 4 stars but it was close to 4 1/2 for me. Just not quite there yet. I’m looking forward to book five coming out later this winter.
Have you read this? Is it on your TBR?
