Six Ostriches
A Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
“Combines the soothing sleuthing of Murder, She Wrote with the humble charm of All Creatures Great and Small.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED review
For readers of The Thursday Murder Club comes a lighthearted mystery with an incredible sense of place
It’s springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows a shiny object. (Because this is what ostriches do.) Cue veterinarian and amateur sleuth Dr. Peter Bannerman, who surgically removes the object, which looks like an ancient Viking artifact. Soon after, people around are horrified by a series of animal mutilations. This sets Peter, and his talented sniffer dog, Pippin, on the hunt for answers. Peter begins to suspect a link between the Viking artifact, the mutilations, and a shadowy group of white supremacists on the internet.
Before long Peter and Pippin are in over their heads, and the only way for them to get out alive will be to unmask the mastermind before they end up among their victims.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Schott's second mystery featuring gumshoe veterinarian Peter Bannerman (after 2022's Fifty-Four Pigs) combines the soothing sleuthing of Murder, She Wrote with the humble charm of All Creatures Great and Small. In the fictional town of New Selfloss, Manitoba, a young sheep's throat is slit. Dr. Bannerman suspects it's the work of an Icelandic cult that's recently arrived in the region. With the help of his border collie, Pippin, Bannerman remains one step ahead of largely apathetic local RCMP investigators, including Bannerman's brother-in-law, Constable Kevin Gudmundurson. Then archaeologist Grim Struluson turns up dead, his head on a pike, and both Bannerman and the authorities pick up the pace. Schott establishes a remarkable amount of tension from the fluffy subject matter, and Bannerman remains a charming, idiosyncratic creation. Fans of small-town mysteries will enjoy the adventures of this offbeat vet sleuth.
