Craving Dirty Thirty's slapstick chaos and romantic mess? The Expectant Detectives by serves up pregnant sleuthing with Stephanie Plum energy.
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- Slapstick disasters + cozy-mystery dopamine hits
- Oddball village crew = chaotic found family
- Flirty tension simmers beneath bumbling investigations
- Messy, underdog heroine stumbles into victory
If Stephanie Plum's doughnut-fueled disasters and love triangle chaos are your happy place, meet Alice, a pregnant amateur sleuth navigating murder in a village of eccentric new moms and nosy neighbors. The Expectant Detectives delivers that same addictive blend of slapstick misadventures, quirky sidekicks, and romantic friction—all wrapped in the comforting mess of domestic chaos and accidental heroism.
Forget heavy stakes: this is popcorn mystery with prenatal classes, relatable imperfections, and laugh-out-loud blunders. Alice's unapologetically messy persistence mirrors Stephanie's underdog charm, proving that flawed women stumbling into danger make the best protagonists.
Your next binge-worthy escape is nine months pregnant and accidentally solving crimes.
What Readers Are Saying
"The Expectant Detectives is perfect for when you need a laugh along with your mystery...Alice totally captures the fears and qualms of an expectant mother. The writing here really hit home for me. I loved that Ailes was able to combine humor with something that was totally real..." — Liz, Goodreads
"The Expectant Detectives is charming and a heck of a lot of fun; pure enjoyment... Ailes' set-up for this story was creative and truly unlike anything I've read before. Overall, this is a fantastic debut Mystery. It had just the right amount of humor and fun, mixed in with the actual mystery." — megs_bookrack, Goodreads
"Oh, how I have loved this book! ... I'm only glad the mirth didn't give me away! This is choc-full of fabulous characters and so many possibilities as to who was involved in what!" — Grace J Reviewerlady, Goodreads
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