Book Review: Missing Marlene

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Missing Marlene     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Evan Marshall
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Cozy   Cats
Series: Jane Stuart # 1
Kensington, Hardback, 6/99, 309 pages, $20.00

Literary agent Jane Stuart’s son Nick’s 19-year-old nanny, Marlene, disappears one day without a word. It appears she has moved out. When Jane speaks with her mother, she is unaware of her moving. Jane wasn’t very font of Marlene, but she feels obligated to look into her disappearance, especially since her mother is her old college friend.

Jane’s boyfriend, and also an author she represents, doesn’t make live easier for her during all this. Matter of fact, he just complicates things. His newest novel isn’t doing well and when the publisher cancels his contract, he takes it out on Jane.

As Jane begins to look into Marlene’s life, she finds out all sorts of things she didn’t know. She isn’t sure she wants to know them. She just wants to make sure Marlene is safe.

Jane has encounters with an unsavory character named Gil from the Roadside Tavern. He was Marlene’s boyfriend. He is not someone she wants to have to deal with. Then there’s Vernon who works at the hardware store and apparently had a crush on Marlene.

Can Jane find Marlene and figure out what happened without disrupting her life too much or finding herself in danger?

This is the first book in this series. This is a fun series to read. I enjoy every book. Even though some of the material in this book would classify it PG-13, I highly recommend it. Jane is such a fun character and finds herself in many interesting and funny situations.

Dawn Dowdle

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