Product Details
- File Size: 557 KB
- Print Length: 249 pages
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
- Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press (August 4, 2015)
- Publication Date: August 4, 2015
Description
Dr. Kate Turner is happy with her new life in Oak Falls, upstate New York. Working as a relief veterinarian at a small house-call practice, she truly enjoys helping her patients. All that changes when client Claire Birnham is found dead, an apparent suicide. A talented artist, Claire had everything to live for: new job,Manhattan apartment, her Cairn terrier Toto. As feisty as the Wizard of Oz Toto,he and Claire were devoted. Kate can’t imagine Claire simply abandoning her pet. Was her death murder? Questions end in the police arresting young kennel helper Eugene. The fragile friendship between Kate and police officer Luke Gianetti frays as she ignores his advice and keeps asking questions. House calls provide gossip and clues, some helpful, some not so much, as she treats her animal patients. Did Claire’s recent insurance windfall prove too tempting for her hard working and hard drinking mother? What does trouble in the art gallery where Claire worked signal? How huge a grudge did heavy metal rocker A.J.hold against high-school sweetheart Claire after she dumped him? Was Claire a threat to AJ’s rich new girl? Dr. Kate mixes real medicine with murder as she risks her life over Claire’s death, aided by insights from a former fire investigator, aka her Gramps. Unleashed is as irresistible as Muzzled.
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My Thoughts
Dr.Kate Turner is just minding her own business and getting on with life after her adventures in Muzzled, first book in the series, when she learns that one of her clients has committed suicide or is it murder? That is what Dr.Kate wants to figure out, much to the consternation of her grandfather and Luke, a detective friend of Kate's. She does manage to get information out of both Gramps and Luke as the case takes a decided turn, in that Claire, the dead woman, was murdered and did not kill herself.
So once again, Kate finds herself involved in a murder investigation. This one involves many different characters, A.J., a former high school sweetheart of Clair's, Gilda, the gallery owner that Clair worked at, and Russian artist Andrei. As the clues pile up, it is a matter of time before Kate figures out who killed Claire and why. Dr.Kate is nothing if not persistent so she will finally figure it out.
There is enough mystery, humor, animals and a glimpse into the art world to keep the lover of a cozy mystery wanting more. I enjoyed this story, I give it a 4, only because I found the ending anti climatic. Once the reader found out who the murderer was, the ending was quick. Like I said before, in spite of that, I did enjoy the story and will probably go find the first of the series, Muzzled, and learn more about Dr.Kate and her relationship with Luke.
I received an uncorrected copy of the book from Poisoned Press and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
So once again, Kate finds herself involved in a murder investigation. This one involves many different characters, A.J., a former high school sweetheart of Clair's, Gilda, the gallery owner that Clair worked at, and Russian artist Andrei. As the clues pile up, it is a matter of time before Kate figures out who killed Claire and why. Dr.Kate is nothing if not persistent so she will finally figure it out.
There is enough mystery, humor, animals and a glimpse into the art world to keep the lover of a cozy mystery wanting more. I enjoyed this story, I give it a 4, only because I found the ending anti climatic. Once the reader found out who the murderer was, the ending was quick. Like I said before, in spite of that, I did enjoy the story and will probably go find the first of the series, Muzzled, and learn more about Dr.Kate and her relationship with Luke.
I received an uncorrected copy of the book from Poisoned Press and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
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