Sophie is a Greek-American living in Queens. Specifically, she lives in Astoria, which (at least in the book) is like New York's own Little Greece.
Sophie is a private investigator, and she's had her share of odd cases. She mostly finds lost pets (see Sophie Metro for the reasons why...) and cheating spouses cases. She has a loud family who's always in her business, an office manager who is afraid of a lot of things and Puerto Rican, and having trouble deciding between two men.
Does this sound like any other fictional PI to anyone?
Anyway, in this book, Sophie has two major cases. The first is to find a missing body that disappeared from her aunt's mortuary. The second is to prove the innocence of a kid who's about to go on trial for killing his girlfriend.
As usual, she stumbles around, finally figuring things out...in an odd, round-about way. She and Dino (her Greek boyfriend who has great husband potential) get into a big fight, and she finally hooks up with Jake (a man of mystery who's not really husband material, but for one night he's pretty amazing. Oh, and he frequently gets her out of trouble).
And, she solves the mystery. Thankfully. Both of them.
I like these books. They're Stephanie Plum meets "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
I'm serious. She even has an annoying dog.
Oh, and she and Rosie (her office manager) believe that there is a vampire family.
And she is continually having run-ins with the Mob (where she was actually fitted for cement shoes in Dirty Laundry).
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