Last But Not Leashed

July 15, 2022
A veterinarian, her friends, and several dogs save the day. Kate Turner is filling in for another vet whose yearlong absence offers her a great opportunity to live rent-free while paying off her student loans. In addition to becoming popular with the people in the Hudson Valley whose pets she cares for, she's also garnered quite a reputation as a crime solver--though her boyfriend, Luke, who's left a job with the police to go to law school, has recently seemed a bit distant. When Kate joins her vet tech, Mari, at a lecture about organizing everything in your life, she finds the body of the lecturer, Sookie Overmann, lying in a pool of blood. Both her Gramps and Luke know that she won't be able to resist doing a little detective work between rounds of caring for her diverse clients. As Sookie's assistant moves into her job, her husband becomes the leading suspect because of their impending divorce and a missing bunch of money. Meanwhile, a badly bitten pit bull left in the clinic parking lot and the feisty Chihuahua Little Man, one of Kate's favorite clients who may have cancer, temporarily join her crew at home. At a New Year's dance, Kate is pursued by a charming artist, and a woman apparently jumps to her death. Soon thereafter Luke breaks off their romance. With time on her hands, Kate has leisure for enough snooping to hit a killer's nerve. Her savior turns out to be a tiny dog. A pleasing m�lange of mystery and pet lore.

COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

September 19, 2022
It’s a snowy December evening in Oak Falls, N.Y., in Brady’s scintillating sixth mystery featuring veterinarian Kate Turner (after 2020’s Saddled with Murder), when Kate, at the urging of friends, agrees to attend a lecture on home organizing by local entrepreneur Sookie Overmann. As one of the last to leave the community center following the event, Kate discovers Sookie dead, the snow shovel that bashed her head in lying nearby. Sookie’s angrily contested request for a divorce, the dodgy backgrounds of some of her clients, and the disappearance of around $40 million in Bitcoin provide a fine array of potential motives and plausible suspects. Along with the intricately plotted mystery, Brady, herself a veterinarian, treats readers to useful information about organizing air travel with a pet, the proper diet for iguanas, and the sweet nature of properly raised and cared for pit bulls. Refreshingly well-adjusted Kate is a competent and compassionate protagonist cozy fans will want to see a lot more of. Pet lovers will adore this. Agent: Jessica Faust, BookEnds.