The Case Of The Puppy Academy (Samantha Rain Mysteries, #1.5)

The Case Of The Puppy Academy: A Samantha Rain Mysteries Short Story by Arizona Tape is a fantastically amazing story to read. This is book number four in this fantastically amazing series that I have loved reading. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about mysteries and fantasies.

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Arizona has dropped another Samantha Rain mystery and it’s a howler. We find Samantha taking her hellhound to school and winds up investigating a jewel theft. This one will have you rolling over and begging for more.

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I love Shadow! She’s such a sweet puppy. I enjoyed the concept of the puppy academy and the different types of hellhounds.

The relationship between Sam and Lilith has loads of potential.

I liked the mystery of stolen jewellery and that it used Sam’s skillset – and Shadow! – to solve it. And I liked the twist of who the thieves were.

I can’t wait to read the rest of this series.

Our heroine is a detective with a new puppy that has to get trained. While in class, she discovers a mystery that needs to be solved before accusations start to flaw and cause a much bigger issue.

This is a short story in a series of books, but it works just fine as a standalone. No prior reading is required.

This is a paranormal mystery story with a slow burn FF romance in the making. The story is well written and easy to read, but perhaps lacking in depth. While the setting is interesting and I like the characters, this short story didn’t give me enough detail about either to really satisfy. On the other hand, it was a fun and easy read which whet my appetite enough that I want to read more stories in the series. So perhaps it served its purpose after all.

Recommended.

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Samantha, a former detective, was required to take her hellhound puppy, Shadow, to the Academy for a mandatory 6-hour training and evaluation. Another warden, Aaron, began talking with her since his puppy was also in the class. When they started to the cafeteria later, Lilith Fatuus, Samantha’s boss and the IF Clan heir, met them in a surprise visit. She tried to get Sam to go across the street for better food choices, but Sam didn’t want to leave Shadow alone. Lilith agreed to eat at the cafeteria but complained the entire time and acted like the food was all tainted. Sam was surprised she had even come to the class at all.

As she was back early to class, the instructor warned her to avoid Lilith as much as possible. Sam immediately protected her friend and told the instructor to back off and not spread gossip. Then Lilith arrived to talk privately to Sam – her clan ring, a family heirloom, was missing from her finger. Lilith was ready to kill anyone she suspected, so Sam warned her not to throw around accusations since these people were all wardens of powerful families (think mafia). Sam told her to back off and Sam would investigate quietly to find the thief. She already had discovered that two months ago the thefts started – 5 items stolen so far. And the receptionist, Susie, had made a complaint about harassment. But Lilith still refused to leave her side and her volatile temper didn’t make this easy to quietly question staff. When Susie implied that the headmaster himself was the thief, she had even more to check out, along with an unreported theft just the day before! Could she figure this out in the one day Lilith agreed to “wait” — before Lilith turned it into a serious turf war?

This was a very slow book, mostly talking about training the puppies before it incorporated the missing ring mystery. Sam’s “interest” in Lilith was more distracting/annoying than helpful in the investigation. I’m not fully vested in the series yet, but will give it another try on the next book.

Samantha is taking her hellhound Shadow to Puppy Academy as it is mandatory. Samantha is a little nervous for Shadow as the hellhound has not been around other animals. Shadow starts to act out, Samantha doesn’t see anything. Samantha meets another warden and they hit it off. She learns some information about how the other warden are.
Lilith surprises Samantha at the school, Samantha can’t believe. Samantha tries to keep her feelings for her underwraps. When Lilith comes back with a major issue. Some how her ring is stolen off her finger. Lilith will do anything to get it back. Samantha ends up trying to keep the peace and find the object.
Will Samantha be able to find the missing ring before Lilith causes major problems. Will Samantha be able to keep her thoughts and feelings for her to herself.

I enjoyed this book. This was a really cute story with interesting characters to move it along.

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The Case of the Puppy Academy is an easy to read Novela that sets the stage for future adventures. There were some humorous moments as well as mini-dramas mostly caused by Lilith, the heir to the IF clan. The mystery part of the story was simple and easily resolved. It was also very entertaining as it involved a hellhound and some little creatures that hide in strange places. There appears to be a budding romance in the works that will most likely play out in future books in the series.

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