Big Shot by Kirsten Weiss – Book Review

New – though slightly belated – book review for one of my favorite authors! It’s Kirsten Weiss with a new mystery series. Now, I can proudly say, I’ve read books from 3 of her many cozy mystery series!

 

“Can you think of anyone who wanted to kill Donald?”

“Aside from the entire town?”

 

Big Shot by Kirsten Weiss is the first book in the Big Murder Mystery Series.

The book opens with Alice, a woman body guard, who wakes up half-way through a job, only to discover that her client had drugged her and stolen her car. She jumps into an Uber and – in her pjs – pursues the rogue client, who gets themselves killed by running into a truck.

Now Alice is wanted for the murder of her client – a mob boss.

To get away from the media frenzy, Alice goes back to her hometown of Nowhere. But the town she left behind seems to be a lot different from the one she comes back to.

Add in that as soon as she arrives, she stumbles on a dead body!

“Unbelievable. You bug out of Nowhere, and when you finally decide to come back, you dig up a body?”

Big Shot is narrated in Alice’s first-person perspective. She’s sarcastic, funny, and super resourceful. She’s also in a line of work that rarely features women – being a body guard.

But Alice isn’t perfect. And I loved that about her. Throughout the novel, she’s hopeful that her ex-husband, Buck, who owns the surveillance company will clear her name. But as a reader I could clearly see he wasn’t doing anything and the situation keeps getting worse for Alice. I like that she's honest, fairly realistic, and practical.

“You deal with many murders as a body guard?”

“No. We try to keep our clients from getting dead.” 

Other characters include Alice’s brother, Charlie, his friends – lots of friends, and an old mobster who seems hell bent on killing Alice in the funniest and craziest of ways!

Though Big Shot opens with Alice’s predicament, she’s quickly thrown into a bigger problem: Her brother being a suspect in a murder in her hometown of Nowhere (where she was hoping to hide from the public eye).

My biggest problem with Big Shot was the long chapters. But otherwise, I enjoyed the book.

Overall, I found Big Shot to be an intriguing cozy mystery with memorable characters, and lots of sarcasm. I look forward to reading more books in the Big Murder Mystery Series. 

Overall rating for Big Shot by Kirsten Weiss: 4 stars.

 

Note: I received an Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) of Big Shot from its author Kirsten Weiss in exchange for an honest review. This did not in any way impact my review or rating.