BLOG TOUR & REVIEW: THE CURIOUS CASE OF MAGGIE MACBETH by Stacey Murray

📚 Hello Book Friend! I am so excited to be part of the blog tour for this fantastic novel: THE CURIOUS CASE OF MAGGIE MACBETH by Stacey Murray. Maggie MacBeth is no ordinary gal. She is blunt, no-nonsense, and dealing with a lot of emotional turmoil. Maggie is a strong mind woman who loves her career as a power lawyer for an oil company in Hong Kong. But after a disagreement with her boss, Maggie finds herself without a job and decides to show up at her best friend Cath’s doorstep unannounced. Promising to find another job, Maggie tips into hard times. Cath welcomes Maggie at first, but she has her own issues and soon starts to regret her decision. Through many stressful events, they both will rediscover their friendship and Maggie’s feet will soon find solid ground to start anew.

This is a beautiful story of friendship, love, loss, and finding purpose. There are many fun moments in the book and many sad too. This is a wonderful book.

💌 My Rating: ❤❤❤❤/5

✏ Synopsis: Sometimes you have to take the law into your own hands…

After unexpectedly losing her high-powered job in Hong Kong, forty-something widow, Maggie Macbeth, turns up on the doorstep of her old sidekick, Cath, in the sleepy Peak District village of Archdale. A fish out of water, Maggie comes into conflict with everyone and everything — especially Cath’s awful friend Tiggy – and rock bottom is just around the corner. But it turns out Maggie isn’t the only one in trouble, and when a crisis hits the local community, Maggie has a choice: to give up on life, or to go back to her legal roots and fight for justice. But can she save the day as well as herself?

This laugh-out-loud debut novel shows that no battle is too big when you’ve got friends on your side.

🕵🏼‍♀️ About the author: A native of Glasgow, Stacey Murray was an international commercial lawyer for many years - in the City of London and in Hong Kong. In 2005, she changed career to become an independent film producer. Her first film, A Boy Called Dad, was acquired by the BBC and nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. She lives in hope - literally, in the village of Hope in the Derbyshire Peak District - with her husband and two rescue dogs.

💁🏼‍♀️Thank you, RedDoor Press for inviting me to be part of this blog tour and for sending me an eARC of this beautiful book. THE CURIOUS CASE OF MAGGIE MACBETH by Stacey Murray is now available at your favourite bookstore.

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