The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes (audiobook)

The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes Narrated by Kitty Kelly

It has been ages since I have reviewed any books.  I would like to apologize for that.  I had a stroke, and it took away my ability to read regular books.  I was too proud to turn to audiobooks.  I finally did and I have been enjoying them.  I was too afraid to do reviews because I didn't feel that my words would come to me.  Maybe they will, maybe they won't.  However, this is my true feelings about this book.  

It has been ages since I was pregnant.  My youngest would have been 24 this year if she would have survived.  So, to say that reading this took me back in time to when I was pregnant is to definitely say something.  The author wrote it in such a way that it brought back those memories for me.  I could remember the weight of the baby on the bladder and how it felt to walk.  

The main character of the book is Alice.  She and her partner Joe have just moved to a lovely little village in England named Penton.  During her first prenatal class, one of her classmates goes into labor.  Yikes!  Definitely not a way to give birth (or at least not one that I would want).  And it gets worse.  The store owner who is graciously allowing them to hold the class in his store is murdered while the birth is taking place.  This leaves the entire prenatal class as suspects.  The pregnant women take it upon themselves to try to solve the murder.  

I absolutely loved this book.  Most cozies have the protagonist hiding behind things to listen in to conversations.  You definitely can't do that with a pregnant woman.  Her belly comes into a room before she does.  In fact, many of the tropes that cozies use (running, jumping out of windows, etc) can't be used due to the pregnancies.  So, this book breathed a breath of fresh air into the genre of cozy mystery.  

Thank you, Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.