Books like Flipped Out

Maybe I was trying to make this book into something it was never intended to be. I went into it expecting a humorous DIY mystery. I got something of a mystery, but the humor and even the DIY were lacking.The mystery was full of misdirection and multiple suspects, but my interest in it steadily dropped off as the same theories kept resurfacing and the true perpetrator became glaringly obvious. There's a lot of background noise in this story, which really works for a mystery. It just needed a more humorous touch to make this one a winner.