A Catered Doggie Wedding
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
When Bernie and Libby Simmons, sisters and co-owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, are hired to cater a posh pooch party, they wind up stepping into a fresh murder investigation!
At A Little Taste of Heaven, Bernie and Libby Simmons cater all sorts of affairs, from book clubs to bridal showers and everything in between. So when their counterman, Googie, asks them to cater a doggie wedding for his girlfriend Jenni’s eight-month-old golden retrievers, they jump on the opportunity. The reception, which will also serve as a grand opening for Jennie’s new doggie daycare center, is no small affair. Bertha and Ernie—the bride and groom—will be celebrating with more than a hundred guests, including the puppers’ pals and their people.
But all weddings, even shaggy shindigs, come with some drama. Not everyone in town is excited about the upcoming pup-tuials—or Jenni’s business. Someone is sending threatening messages to Bernie, Libby, and others in town, warning them to cancel the festivities. But when folks start dying under curious circumstances, Bernie and Libby know it’s up to them to untangle the leads and find the murderer before anyone else bites it.
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In Crawford's routine 17th mystery featuring Bernie and Libby Simmons, owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, a bakery cum catering company in Longely, N.Y. (after 2020's A Catered Book Club Mystery), the sisters agree to cater a wedding reception for two eight-month-old golden retrievers and their handlers. Jennie, who shares the dogs with her boyfriend, believes the ceremony would be great publicity for the doggie day-care center she's about to open. Those involved in planning the event soon start receiving threatening notes, and the harassment escalates to vandalism. Then the contractor who's working on the day-care center is murdered, and evidence starts stacking up against Jennie. She hires Bernie and Libby, who have a local reputation as sleuths, to clear her name. Their retired police officer dad, who's writing an article about a bank robbery from decades ago, assists them. The old bank robbery turns out to have a connection to a recent bank robbery—and the murder. This meandering cozy offers enough suspects, but there's too much repetition of information, and the duo's snarky exchanges get a tad tired. Crawford has done better.
