Book 14, 2016
Feb. 7th, 2016 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeTonight, rather than tuning into the Super Bowl, I finished reading Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero. It is the first book in the author's "Pawsitively Organic" mystery series.
I've become so accustomed to reading first person pov that it was a bit odd to read this one in third. I also found the main character's name odd: Kristan "Stan" Connor. Like, she couldn't go by Kris, or Kristy? Le sigh.
Stan has lost her stressful public relations job, and she takes the opportunity to buy an adorable Victorian house in the small town of Frog Ledge. While her cat Nutty loves it, Stan's boyfriend Richard is somewhat of a dick about it. Hah! Shortly after moving in, the town's vet strong-arms Stan into bringing Nutty in for a consultation. Stan arrives to find the woman dead in her office. Now, Stan finds herself at the top of the list of suspects.
Despite being new to town, Stan has already figured out that not many people liked the vet, and she begins making some subtle inquiries in hopes of clearing her name. Along the way, she makes friends, then alienates some of them with her questioning. She meets local charmer, Jake McGee, whose sister is leading the charge to press charges against Stan.
Stan is kept busy making homemade treats for Nutty and selling some to her new neighbors, helping her friend Nikki with her pet rescue business, dodging the town's sole reporter, and being harassed by a faceless enemy.
The story was good--lots of stuff going on, although most of it was bad for Stan. I do have more books in the series to read.
Favorite line: She wanted to find who started that nasty rumor and beat them with her cake pan.
An okay read; giving it an okay score for now:
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I've become so accustomed to reading first person pov that it was a bit odd to read this one in third. I also found the main character's name odd: Kristan "Stan" Connor. Like, she couldn't go by Kris, or Kristy? Le sigh.
Stan has lost her stressful public relations job, and she takes the opportunity to buy an adorable Victorian house in the small town of Frog Ledge. While her cat Nutty loves it, Stan's boyfriend Richard is somewhat of a dick about it. Hah! Shortly after moving in, the town's vet strong-arms Stan into bringing Nutty in for a consultation. Stan arrives to find the woman dead in her office. Now, Stan finds herself at the top of the list of suspects.
Despite being new to town, Stan has already figured out that not many people liked the vet, and she begins making some subtle inquiries in hopes of clearing her name. Along the way, she makes friends, then alienates some of them with her questioning. She meets local charmer, Jake McGee, whose sister is leading the charge to press charges against Stan.
Stan is kept busy making homemade treats for Nutty and selling some to her new neighbors, helping her friend Nikki with her pet rescue business, dodging the town's sole reporter, and being harassed by a faceless enemy.
The story was good--lots of stuff going on, although most of it was bad for Stan. I do have more books in the series to read.
Favorite line: She wanted to find who started that nasty rumor and beat them with her cake pan.
An okay read; giving it an okay score for now:
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