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Summary: Excellent installement in the series!
Review: I love the tales of Holly Winter and her two intrepid malamutes Kimi and Rowdy. Kimi is quiet the girl and well Rowdy is a dog above dogs.I liked this one as it is not too heavy on dog world only stuff- some of the later ones get bogged down in AKC politics :)From back of book:
Dogged by Death
Holly Winter had her hands full with one dog. Still when therapist Elaine Walsh is found dead, Holly eagerly adopts the orphaned Kimi- and vows to teach her some manners. BUt when questions arise about Elaine's death- following close on the heels of a patient's suicide- Holly suspects the misbehaving malamute Kimi might be the key witness. Digging for clues all over Cambridge , Holly hopes to untangle a snarl of secrets- and collar a killer! A Dog Lover's Mystery
Holly Winter's life is going to the dogs, but that's just fine with her. She's a feisty thirtysomething dog lover, born in Maine and settled near Boston, and her expertise in the breeding, training and caring for man's ( and woman's) best friend us just one of her inbred talents- she'a also a grand champion at tracking down criminals- the two legged kind.
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Summary: love those malemutes, but the breastfeeding stuff was shaky
Review: I thought Susan Conant had a couple of children- but her breastfeeding bits in this one were a bit off the mark. Breastfeeding is one word, lots of two year olds breastfeed, and some do it a lot, some of their older siblings are still nurslings too, and thousands of women take Prozac or other SSRI's while nursing- see Tom Hale's "Medications in Mother's Milk" to see which is best (Prozac isn't it, but he still doesn't nix nursing for Prozac using moms.) OK- that picks nits, or fur, whichever you prefer. :-O The introduction of Kimi was wonderful in this installment, and the characters were well drawn, as usual. The plot was nice, and even though the villan was easily pegged, there were some nice twists and turns along the way to the final conclusion, if there was such a conclusion. I appreciate that Holly speaks the language of dogs; that was a nice touch. Every time I read one of her mysteries, I wonder if my Siberian/Samoyd mix is still young enough to get her C.D. and I think about the day I can get another Alaskan Malemute and work on his (or her) C.D. I guess I like a challenge.
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Summary: love those malemutes, but the breastfeeding stuff was shaky
Review: I thought Susan Conant had a couple of children- but her breastfeeding bits in this one were a bit off the mark. Breastfeeding is one word, lots of two year olds breastfeed, and some do it a lot, some of their older siblings are still nurslings too, and thousands of women take Prozac or other SSRI's while nursing- see Tom Hale's "Medications in Mother's Milk" to see which is best (Prozac isn't it, but he still doesn't nix nursing for Prozac using moms.) OK- that picks nits, or fur, whichever you prefer. :-O The introduction of Kimi was wonderful in this installment, and the characters were well drawn, as usual. The plot was nice, and even though the villan was easily pegged, there were some nice twists and turns along the way to the final conclusion, if there was such a conclusion. I appreciate that Holly speaks the language of dogs; that was a nice touch. Every time I read one of her mysteries, I wonder if my Siberian/Samoyd mix is still young enough to get her C.D. and I think about the day I can get another Alaskan Malemute and work on his (or her) C.D. I guess I like a challenge.
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Summary: Woo-woo-woo Mom!
Review: Ms. Conant has deliveres so many quality mysteries with dogs as a key player. I have read them all and this is one of my faves. Well worth the read!
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Summary: Great light detective reading
Review: Susan Conant's dog lovers' mysteries are pretty universally good reads, and this one is no exception. The side issues in the books start getting heavier as the series goes on (Women's lib here, Environmentalism, Institutionalized animal abuse in other books), but rarely get so heavy as to overshadow the book - probably because they're introduced as situations and actions rather than as preaching. Rowdy and Kimi are delightful, and if you like dogs at all, this series is well worth looking at.
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