From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith, Jean Steffens & Elizabeth Ashby comes the latest Lizzie Jones adventure!This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed home. And this little piggy got kidnapped, and her diamond collar was swiped, and then there was a murder and false accusations…and…and…oh my goodness!Pet Sitter turned sleuth, Lizzie Jones is excited about … about the upcoming Second Chance Animal Rescue fundraiser. The celebrity draw, Sabrina Ramirez, is a pet psychic famous for her TV show The Critter Communicator. Sabrina arrives with her entourage that includes Rosie, an adorable teacup pig that Sabrina treats like royalty, Sabrina’s buff bodyguard, her devoted nephew, and unexpectedly, her estranged ex-husband. When Sabrina needs a pet sitter Lizzie is thrilled to take on the job. That is until the little piglet is pignapped on Lizzie’s watch–along with her diamond collar! But things go from bad to worse when the fundraiser turns deadly and Lizzie’s granddad is high on the murder suspect list. Lizzie jumps headlong into clearing her granddad’s name and finding the pignapper and the killer. Are they one and the same, or is she looking for two separate types of swine? And will she find them first… or will the killer be the one frying Lizzie’s bacon?
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Love reading more about Lizzie’s life in Danger Cove! What a great story with plenty of humor and many twists & turns. Highly recommend it!
I have enjoyed every book of the Danger Cover series but some books really hook me. Divas, Diamond & Death is one of those books. Outstanding characters and a strong, intriguing mystery, and delightful humor, not to mention delightful pets, kept me glued to the story from beginning to end. While the series is fairly light, there is nothing light about the quality of the writing. I had to take the characters seriously even as Lizzie babysat Rosie, the adorable pig, that says talent to me. The fun starts with a fund raiser for Second Chance Animal Rescue feature the Pet Whisperer, Sabrina Ramirez. Lizzie progresses from seeing the woman as a flamboyant fake to respecting the person that she comes to know. So when Sabrina comes under suspicion in the death of her ex-husband after he kidnaps Rosie, Lizzie feels compelled to try to find the real killer.
“Divas, Diamonds, and Death” earns 5/5 Little Pink Piglets!
Lizzie Jones, veterinarian grad student, is helping Fran Upton, owner of Second Chance Animal Rescue Center, with the annual fund raiser. Pet grooming, children’s games and activities, food booths, and an adoption center are overshadowed by the participation of Sabrina Ramirez, the renowned Critter Communicator. Jimmy John Jones, Lizzie’s grandfather and Fran’s boyfriend, used his celebrity as a network field correspondent, in the “vein of…Ed Bradley,” to get Sabrina Ramirez to agree to attend the event and demonstrate her unique abilities to communicate with animals. Partnered with Rosie, her beloved piglet, Sabrina makes a true Hollywood-style entrance and casts her eye on Lizzie’s grandfather. Then, along with Fran taking exception to Sabrina’s eye on her man, we get pushy ex-husbands, laced pasta, kidnapped pets, missing diamonds, and…a dead body? Just another day in Danger Cove…
Although I have read other books from the writing team Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens (Check out Mystic Mayhem, Mystic Mistletoe Murder, Murder on the Aloha Express, and Kangaroo Dreaming) and I am a dedicated fan, I am new to their Danger Cove Pet Sitters Mystery series, so this book proved to be a great place to start: Pet Whisperer? Pretty Pink Piglet in Pajamas? Who knew Pet Sitting could be so precarious? I never felt out-of-the-loop with the back story and character connections having not read the previous book, the authors provided enough to make this newbie feel comfortable. The story is a clever page-turner keeping me engaged as our heroine enlists her family, her boyfriend, and her little pug “Vader” to weed through more than a few motives….she has to family is at risk! The characters are well-developed, even this early in the series, which may be due to the talent of Smith & Steffens. My favorite, of course, is Lizzie, clever in her investigation and her loyalty to her family and friends help to motivate her. The setting of Danger Cove, referencing places and people from the entire multi-author series, and the ‘ins and outs’ of pets and pet sitting play out in the background along with a treat of an easy-to-follow recipe for Mama Politano’s Pesto Penne Primavera sans the potent paralyzing potion…Perfect! I highly recommend “Divas, Diamonds, and Death,” along with book 1 “Passion, Poison, & Puppy Dogs.” Together they’ll make for a positively pleasant reading experience!
“Disclosure: A review copy of this book was sent to me by the author. All of the above opinions are my own.”