There was a lot of humor but I frankly had a little trouble following because of the expressions or language or something. It took a lot of concentration to catch the humor.
Barbara H. (barbaralois) reviewed Roll Over and Play Dead (Claire Malloy, Bk 6) on + 84 more book reviews
Who is stealing the town pets?What are they doing with them? Where are they hiding them? How will we find them? A lite Fun mystery.
Bookstore owner and sleuth Claire is petsitting Miss Emily's beloved basset hounds, Nick and Nora. What is Clarie going to do when she discovers the hounds have been dognapped?!
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From back of book:
Miss Emily Parchester's pampered bassets, Nick and Nora, have to be the most slobbery pets in Farberville. Bookstore owner Claire Malloy could kick herself for agreeing to dog-sit them, especially when on the third day of Miss Emily's vacation, they mysteriously vanish and the director of the animal shelter describes the usual destiny of kidnapped pets. Claire's bloodhound instincts start churning. Nick and Nora must be recued, whatever the cost.
The first payment comes due when Claire and a bevy of bereft pet owners collide with a beast named Newton Churls, who controls the lucrative local market in stolen and homeless animals and pit-fight gambling. But undeterred by Churls pit bulls, the sheriff, or her own pet cop, Lieutenant Peter Rosen of the CID, Claire is hot on the trail of a killer.
Miss Emily Parchester's pampered bassets, Nick and Nora, have to be the most slobbery pets in Farberville. Bookstore owner Claire Malloy could kick herself for agreeing to dog-sit them, especially when on the third day of Miss Emily's vacation, they mysteriously vanish and the director of the animal shelter describes the usual destiny of kidnapped pets. Claire's bloodhound instincts start churning. Nick and Nora must be recued, whatever the cost.
The first payment comes due when Claire and a bevy of bereft pet owners collide with a beast named Newton Churls, who controls the lucrative local market in stolen and homeless animals and pit-fight gambling. But undeterred by Churls pit bulls, the sheriff, or her own pet cop, Lieutenant Peter Rosen of the CID, Claire is hot on the trail of a killer.
This is one time where Hess's fabulous skills work against her. I just couldn't finish it. Joan Hess is a master of creating an image in the reader's mind of what the scene is. Unfortunately this story is about torturing animals, pit fights, etc. I just couldn't go any further with it after the second chapter.
Bookstore owner Claire Malloy agrees to dog-sit two slobbery, pampered bassets. When a viscious pet theif strikes, Claire bites back.
