The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owners who can’t bear to leave their furry friends behind. But this tourist town smells trouble when a killer goes on the prowl...
Holly Miller's life has gone to the dogs. She has no job, her boyfriend's former flame is sniffing around, and a scruffy but loveable Jack Russell Terrier is scattering crumbs all over her borrowed car. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, a troubling phone call about her grandmother sends her rushing home to the family inn on Wagtail Mountain.
The staff—and a frisky Calico kitten named Twinkletoes—adopts Holly and her new dog on arrival. But someone in this friendly town is bad to the bone. One of the employees at the inn has been killed in a hit-and-run accident—which is looking anything but accidental. Now Holly and her furry companions will have to nose out the murderer before someone else gets muzzled.[summary via Amazon]
A fellow reader described Murder, She Barked as Gilmore Girls meets Murder She Wrote and oh boy! they were right!!! This is the perfect description to describe the first book in the Paws & Claws Mysteries.
Holly Miller is returning to Wagtail, Virginia, to check in on her aging grandmother, Oma. What she doesn't expect is to find herself in the middle of a murder investigation!! With the death of an employee of her Oma's Sugar Maple Inn, and another murder around the corner, Holly (with the help of her new furry friends) must put her nose to the clues and solve the crime.
I've read one other Krista Davis book, The Diva Runs Out of Thyme, which I quite enjoyed. I'm not as big a fan of culinary cozies, so I didn't continue with that series. However, this series is right up my alley! I absolutely love the Sugar Maple Inn and Wagtail! An entire town that is build around the concept of bringing your pets on holidays? Sign me up! I wish this was a real town you can visit because the way Krista Davis describes it, makes me want to visit right now!
I like Holly Miller. She has a boyfriend, Ben, who (in my opinion) is a bit of a boring dud and she initially is just visiting her Oma. Of course the reader is hoping she settles in Wagtail, because we need more mysteries in this delightful town!
The mystery itself was very intriguing. I didn't solve the mystery before Holly, even though looking back the author did leave a few clues for the reader to pick up on! I find it interesting that Murder, She Barked involved a dead Mayor, and so did my last book, Tide & Punishment. Clearly it is not safe to be a Mayor of a small town!
I loved Murder, She Barked so much!!! It delighted with small town charm, a fabulous whodunnit and a unique concept. I absolutely can't wait to read the next book in the series, The Ghost & Mrs Mewer.
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