Book 48, 2016
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chez_jaeI finished reading Paws for Murder by Annie Knox last night. It's the first book in the author's "Pet Boutique Mystery" series.
Izzy McHale has just opened a trendy new boutique for pets, called Trendy Tails. The night of her grand opening, a local woman pickets the store, claiming that clothing is "unnatural" for pets. Izzy and her assistant Rena go to confront Sherry and calm things down, but when Sherry is later found dead in the alley behind Izzy's store, Rena becomes a primary suspect.
Rena hires Izzy's former crush, Sean Tucker, as her attorney, and together, Izzy and Sean begin investigating to see who may have really murdered Sherry. They discover several potential suspects, but proving anything will prove to be difficult, indeed.
The story was classic cozy mystery, with an amateur sleuth and lots of warm fuzzies. Izzy and Sean's tentative reconnection was almost painful to watch, but there seems to be hope for the future. Some parts of the book were vexing. For instance, Sean and Izzy were able to search Sherry's apartment (thanks to her on-again-off-again boyfriend, who let them in), but I couldn't help but wonder why the police hadn't searched it. Then, Izzy and Rena discovered Sherry's missing cell phone, but instead of turning it over to the police, they went through calls and texts on their own and confronted different people about it. I was like, 'obstruction of justice, much?'. Sheesh. At least Izzy's romantic interest was an attorney and not a cop/detective/sheriff.
Favorite line: "I look like I might sacrifice chickens in my spare time."
Giving this one an average rating of three:
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Izzy McHale has just opened a trendy new boutique for pets, called Trendy Tails. The night of her grand opening, a local woman pickets the store, claiming that clothing is "unnatural" for pets. Izzy and her assistant Rena go to confront Sherry and calm things down, but when Sherry is later found dead in the alley behind Izzy's store, Rena becomes a primary suspect.
Rena hires Izzy's former crush, Sean Tucker, as her attorney, and together, Izzy and Sean begin investigating to see who may have really murdered Sherry. They discover several potential suspects, but proving anything will prove to be difficult, indeed.
The story was classic cozy mystery, with an amateur sleuth and lots of warm fuzzies. Izzy and Sean's tentative reconnection was almost painful to watch, but there seems to be hope for the future. Some parts of the book were vexing. For instance, Sean and Izzy were able to search Sherry's apartment (thanks to her on-again-off-again boyfriend, who let them in), but I couldn't help but wonder why the police hadn't searched it. Then, Izzy and Rena discovered Sherry's missing cell phone, but instead of turning it over to the police, they went through calls and texts on their own and confronted different people about it. I was like, 'obstruction of justice, much?'. Sheesh. At least Izzy's romantic interest was an attorney and not a cop/detective/sheriff.
Favorite line: "I look like I might sacrifice chickens in my spare time."
Giving this one an average rating of three:
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