by Peggy Rothschild (Rothschild)
Molly Madison moved from Massachusetts to California to get away from the gossip and bad memories. After she quit the police force she became a PI, while investigating a woman accused of cheating, her husband Stefan, ends up dead. Though the police looked at her very carefully, they finally discovered her client killed Stefan because he was the man his wife was involved with. Now in California she ready for a fresh start.
The very first day while moving in
she meets a lovely neighbor named Seville and another neighbor’s dog Noodle,
nicknamed Frankendoodle and Sir Drools a Lot. Since Molly is at loose ends, she
volunteers to help Noodle’s owner and train him to be a better canine
companion. Seville finds Molly charming and as a house warming gift gives her
business cards claiming she’s a “Dog Wrangler” and thanks to the cards and
flyers Seville posts around the neighborhood Molly becomes the local dog
trainer.
When Noodle finds a dismembered
hand on the beach and then Seville is murdered, the local police focus on
Molly. She’s always been curious and can’t help but begin to ask questions.
Throughout the book we find out the
Molly was a K9 officer, but wasn’t allowed to keep her partner. She owns a
Golden Retriever who she competes in Agility with, I loved the fact she had
training equipment and practiced in the back yard. I’m always cautious about
books with dog trainers, often the information is quite unrealistic, but mostly
it was well done.
The mystery was good and the
characters interesting. I really liked this book, up to the point that the main
character does some insta-training with the dog. Two weeks is not enough time
to reliably train a dog.
If she writes more books, I’ll
probably continue to read the series, but that one small error made me keep
from giving it a higher rating.
(If you enjoy this, you may also
wish to try The Wedding Plot by Paula Munier or Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bassette.)
( official A Deadly Bone to Pick
and Peggy
Rothschild web site )
Recommended
by Marcy G.
South and Gere Branch Libraries
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