Dog Collar Crime

Rating:
Summary: Much Better!
Review: After a disappointing start of the series with "A Tail of Two Murders", this second installment is on the mark.
The characters are gaining depth, are becoming more likable and easier to identify with. Don't expect too much in the complicated plot department, though, this is supposed to be a cozy mystery after all.
I liked this book and recommend it as a nice, easy read to cuddle up on the couch with.

Rating:
Summary: Cats are better!
Review: As an animal lover and mystery buff, I expected more from this series, but after the first few chapters of this one, I lost interest. These dogs are not real -- and neither are the people. I mean, who in their right mind would tell people at a party that the snacks you brought were leftovers from your mom's poker game? Please!! Conclusion: Cats are better.

Rating:
Summary: Much Better!
Review: I thought that the first two books were good (not great but good). Unfortunately, Cleary has a large chip on her shoulder and a bad memory. Most of the characters are divorced or end up divorced later on in the series. The main character's friends turn on her in later books. Palmer is set near Boston in the first book and yet later is set in the midwest ("Over there is the Kentucky border," remarks a character. Kentucky must be a town in Massachusetts.). Cleary must have had a terrible life to concoct such depressing stories. I refuse to purchase any more of her books and plan on trashing the ones I own. I wouldn't dare put anyone through such misery.

Rating:
Summary: Melissa Cleary needs help
Review: I thought that the first two books were good (not great but good). Unfortunately, Cleary has a large chip on her shoulder and a bad memory. Most of the characters are divorced or end up divorced later on in the series. The main character's friends turn on her in later books. Palmer is set near Boston in the first book and yet later is set in the midwest ("Over there is the Kentucky border," remarks a character. Kentucky must be a town in Massachusetts.). Cleary must have had a terrible life to concoct such depressing stories. I refuse to purchase any more of her books and plan on trashing the ones I own. I wouldn't dare put anyone through such misery.