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The Game Is Afoot

Publisher: Berkley Books

Contributors:

Elise Bryant (Author)

Contributors: Elise Bryant (Author)

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BISAC categories: Fiction -> Mystery & Detective -> Women Sleuths

BISAC categories: Fiction -> African American & Black -> Mystery & Detective

BISAC categories: Fiction -> Romance -> Romantic Comedy

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ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 10 BEST MYSTERY NOVELS OF 2025

A clever and hilarious new mystery about a mother who thinks she has to do it all--even solve a murder--from the author of It's Elementary

After rage quitting her job, Mavis finally has time to get all the rest she's been putting off. Or she should have the time. Hypothetically. Except she's taken on a new role: Supermom. Her hours are filled with chauffeuring her daughter, Pearl, around to her extracurricular activities, somehow ending up class mom, and...investigating another mystery?

When Coach Cole, the director of the kids' soccer program, drops dead on a sunny Saturday morning, no one suspects foul play. However, the police soon discover something suspicious left on the field, making it clear that someone had it in for the coach. But who? Sure, parents got mad when he made their precious star athletes sit on the bench, but not that mad.

Mavis is determined to find out, even if it takes her into the dark, dangerous underbelly of gentle parents and MLM girlbosses. Plus, it's an easy distraction from everything else going on. Like the panic attacks she keeps brushing off. Or the fact that she's unemployed and totally lost as to what her purpose and path in life should be. And then there's her ex-husband who's back in town and doing everything she's ever wanted, just as she's beginning a new relationship. Mavis knows a murder investigation probably isn't the self-care she needs right now. But how exactly are you supposed to take care of yourself when you don't even know who you are anymore?
ISBN-10: 0593640802
ISBN-13: 9780593640807
Author: Bryant, Elise
Publisher: Berkley Books

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ISBN-13: 9780593640807

ISBN-10: 0593640802

Publisher: Berkley Books

Publish Date: July 8, 2025

On Sale Date: July 8, 2025

Language: English

Pages: 368

Dimensions: 8.0 × 5.25 × 0.9 in

Weight: 0.55 lbs

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