Tailing Trouble
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Publisher Description
Wisconsin veterinarian Ally Winter must solve a well-heeled young woman's a-paw-ling murder in USA Today bestselling author Laura Scott's second Furry Friends mystery.
Thirty-something veterinarian Ally Winter has found a new "leash" on life since she moved back to her hometown of Willow Bluff, Wisconsin. But when she takes Domino, the black standard poodle she's boarding for the weekend, for a sunny September stroll along the shore of Lake Michigan, the diminutive dog dashes off, only to return with a single, polka-dotted, high-heeled shoe. Retracing Domino's paw prints back to a weeping willow tree, they find the other shoe. It's still on the foot of 20-year-old Pricilla Green--lying dead beneath the willow, with a silk scarf knotted tightly around her neck.
Willow Bluff's finest--and handsomest--detective, Noah Jorgenson, is soon on the tail of the killer. But he has another worry on his mind when Ally's grandfather, a lifelong true-crime buff, starts to suspect that the recent burglary of a local big-box store may have some connection to Pricilla's murder. Noah cautions Ally to keep Gramps well away from the homicide investigation, but the old dog is drawn to danger like a puppy is to a squeaky ball.
The fur flies as Ally, Noah, Gramps, and Domino race the clock to fetch the felon. It will take all of their canine canniness to comb out the twists and curls in this wild and woolly case. And if they fail, they won't live to go walkies again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Early in Scott's fluffy sequel to 2021's Dogged by Death, Willow Bluff, Wis., veterinarian Ally Winter is out walking a dog she's boarding when she comes across a polka-dotted shoe that she recently saw on the foot of Pricilla Green, the malcontent cleaner at the assisted-living residence that's home to Gramps (aka Oscar Winter), Ally's grandfather. Sure enough, Pricilla is lying strangled under a nearby weeping willow. Ally moved back home to Willow Bluff following a breakup to theoretically look after Gramps, but Gramps gets along just fine, thank you very much, without her assistance. Since he's really into solving crimes, he's eager to help investigate Pricilla's murder. Det. Noah Jorgenson looks askance at the subsequent amateur sleuthing, until a second murder occurs. Could these deaths have anything to do with a spate of burglaries, or is something else going on? Several entertaining twists and turns lead to a satisfying conclusion. Cozy fans will have fun.
