Sleuthing for the Weekend by Jennifer L. Hart is the third book in the “Mackenzie & Mackenzie PI” cozy mysteries series. Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing, March 5, 2019.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day in Beantown, and Mackenzie Elizabeth Taylor needs the Luck of the Irish to solve her latest mystery—namely, who was the mysterious Uncle Al, the man who left her his apartment building as well as his PI business? But that personal investigation has to take a backseat to raising her teenage genius Mac, and dealing with her immature baby-daddy and demanding mother. Not to mention taking on a job that will actually produce some green

The case is a gnarly dispute by two Irish pub owners who happen to be brothers as well as rivals over a missing inheritance. With the entire city out pub-crawling, Mackenzie goes hunting for a pot of gold. . .but winds up with a body instead.

With an assist from Mac, Mackenzie must slip into her gumshoes and go toe-to-toe with Detective Hunter Black, her neighbor, protector, and main squeeze, in order to solve her case. this case and claim the reward before someone else. Can the mother daughter team successfully investigate in the middle of a city-wide chaos? Or is their luck about to run out?

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This was such a fun book to read with Mackenzie trying to uncover the truth about her Uncle Al while keeping her mother’s secret. Taking on a case for her father puts her on the trail of a treasure hunt and once again, she stumbles upon another dead body. When it appears that her father may be implicated, she finds herself dealing with a congressman, a bar owner, and her boyfriend’s ex-wife. Solving these will test Mackenzie’s mettle but luckily, she has her genius daughter, her mother, her Nona and her detective boyfriend.

This was a fast-paced and action-packed drama that kept me immersed in all that was happening with some laugh-out-loud moments. From the meeting with her father to the conversation with her mother to dealing with Hercules to rubbing in high society and to the threat on her life, all were skillfully done to provide me with a good solid mystery, a slew of suspects and clues scattered around that kept me engaged throughout. The author knows how to paint a picture in my head with visually descriptive narrative that placed me in the middle of all the action. It was I saying, “oh no,” but then an unexpected ally played a part. This is the best book in the series and one of my favorites and I look forward to more exciting adventures with Mackenzie and Mac. . . and Hunter too.