She’s just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more…erm…homicide.Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, rolling countryside. The nearest big city is over an hour away and big city ways are rejected at the Hollow. Unfortunately, the big city isn’t the only place where bad things can happen.Things like murder…which has a funny way of … happen.
Things like murder…which has a funny way of messin’ up a debutante’s day and turning a sunny Sunday in June right over onto its bucolic head.
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I gave it two stars because I did feel compelled to finish it, but it was painful and disappointing, not enough substance for me.
Lighthearted read
I hand an Aunt who had a pug. I was ready to adopt the dog before I finished the book. Brought back all the love I shared with my Aunt Lulu.
Couldn’t put it down. Not predictible like so many books.
A bit of humor, a bit of romance, and a lot of mystery. The reader is kept in the dark until the end. I would recommend,and I would like to read the entire series.
A cozy adventure. The best of cozy with enough adventure to keep me turning pages and not turning out my bedside light.
Joey Fulle and her pitbull, Caphy, are walking around when Caphy shows up with a clump of fur in her mouth. Caphy had found a body that somebody had stuffed into a wood chipper. When she reported the body to Sheriff Arno Willager, he asked if it was her chipper and if she knew who the dead person was. The answer to both questions was “No.”
When Sheriff Willager does not seem to be getting anywhere, Joey calls her friend, Felicity. Felicity’s boyfriend is a Private Investigator, but is out of town. Felicity recommends Cal’s brother, Hal Amity, who is a Private Investigator, as well as a former police officer. Caphy and Joey both take an immediate liking to Hal Amity. The situation gets even more complicated when Special Agent Richard Cox of the FBI shows up and starts harassing Joey about some missing painting. It doesn’t help that Joey has no idea what he is talking about.
Who is the corpse in the chipper? Who killed him and why? How is this related to the mysterious missing painting? What does the painting have to do with her parent’s deaths? Can Joey and Hal untangle the mess before there are more deaths?
Sam Cheever does a wonderful job of creating complex mysteries with in-depth characters and real-life situations. She includes plenty of twists and turns to keep you interested and guessing from start to finish. This is a great start to a laid-back cozy mystery series.