Synopsis
Praise for the first book in the Order Out of Chaos mystery series:"With its unique blend of humor, mystery, and heart, this book effortlessly balances suspense with charm."
Chaotic house? Check.
Impending divorce? Check.
Psychic visions while pretending to be a professional organizer? Big, messy check.
Forty-two-year-old Izzy Bishop is just trying to keep it together. She's broke, her life is in shambles, and taking a job with her Type-A sister Lauren's organizing company is her last-ditch chance to get back on her feet.
But when Izzy picks up client Joanna's tangerine dress, she receives a psychic message—from Joanna's dead husband warning that someone is trying to kill his wife.
Well... so much for normal.
As Izzy digs deeper, she discovers everyone around Joanna is hiding something, and someone will do anything to keep their dirty laundry buried. Suddenly she's up to her eyeballs in secrets, lies, suspicious characters, and a murder investigation she never signed up for.
Faking it as a professional organizer might get her fired.
Faking it as an amateur sleuth?
That might get her killed...
This humorous mystery is full of the cozy elements readers love—memorable characters, warmth, and heart—but with a little more sass, suspense, and surprise.
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“Wonderful series opener! Rankin-Esquer has created a quirky and fabulous group of friends and family who battle over order and chaos and who manage to solve a tricky mystery before their client ends up dead.” --Wendy Adair, award-winning author of The Broken Hallelujah and the Brentwood Women Mystery Series.
Other Readers have to say:
“Murder, Mess, and the Tangerine Dress skillfully blends an intriguing mystery, witty dialogue, and deeply human interactions. In this delightful first installment of the OOC series, I found a refreshingly fun and engaging narrative—a perfect escape for these times!”
“Murder, Mess, and the Tangerine Dress pulls you in from the first page. I was immediately drawn in and didn’t want to put the book down.”
About the Author
Lynn Rankin-Esquer, Ph.D. is a psychologist and author living in the SF Bay area, and according to her children she is 'the goddess of potato buttering.' Lynn's latest work is on a cozy mystery series set in the professional organizing world. Murder, Mess, and the Tangerine Dress: An Order Out of Chaos Mystery Book 1 (XandL Press, 2025) is the first released and she is close to publishing the second book in the series, Murder, Hijinks, and the Peridot Cufflinks: An Order Out of Chaos Mystery Book 2.
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