Pony Confidential
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An NPR "Book of the Day"
In this one-of-a-kind mystery with heart and humor, a hilariously grumpy pony must save the only human he’s ever loved after discovering she stands accused of a murder he knows she didn’t commit.
Pony has been passed from owner to owner for longer than he can remember. Fed up, he busts out and goes on a cross-country mission to reunite with Penny, the little girl whom he was separated from and hasn’t seen in years.
Penny, now an adult, is living an ordinary life when she gets a knock on her door and finds herself in handcuffs, accused of murder and whisked back to the place she grew up. Her only comfort when the past comes back to haunt her is the memory of her precious, rebellious pony.
Hearing of Penny’s fate, Pony knows that Penny is no murderer. So, as smart and devious as he is cute, the pony must use his hard-won knowledge of human weakness and cruelty to try to clear Penny’s name and find the real killer.
This acutely observant, feel-good mystery reveals the humanity of animals and beastliness of humans in a rollicking escapade of epic proportions.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lynch's rollicking latest (after Sally Brady's Italian Adventure) rests on a unique question: can a pony be a character witness in a murder case? When Penny Marcus, a third-grade teacher in a small California town, is arrested for a decades-old murder that took place in her East Coast hometown when she was 12 years old, her former pony (named Pony) is thousands of miles away, still smarting from the pain of being sold by Penny's family. A casual conversation with some of Pony's animal confidants reveals that Penny did not, in fact, abandon him, and he sets out to find her. Along the way, he learns of her murder accusation and refashions himself as an equine gumshoe. What follows is a cross-country investigation in which Pony chats with horses, owls, dogs, and an ill-tempered goat, who help point him toward the killer. Meanwhile, Penny sits in an Ithaca, N.Y., jail, her fate in the hands of a novice public defender. Lynch takes the ludicrous premise surprisingly seriously, giving weight and complexity to Pony's feelings without teetering into absurdity. Toss in a memorable supporting cast and a healthy dash of humor, and Lynch has a potential series on her hands. Cozy fans looking for something out of the ordinary should saddle up.
