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Title: Dead Canaries Don't Sing : A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery by CYNTHIA BAXTER ISBN: 0-553-58641-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun to read and not so easy to solve
Comment: Cynthia Baxter weaves together the disparate worlds of veterinary science, public relations, and Long Island history in a fast-paced, enjoyable mystery that I did not solve until the last chapter. The characters build a constellation of interesting suspects, all of whom look fascinatingly and particularly unattractive as their stories come to light for the amateur sleuth and us.
There's a multitude of minor characters, which might put one off except that nearly every one advances the plot by inches or yards and each, the reader feels, could well become the subject of another investigation. The protagonist's sharp and witty observations, whether attending a funeral or taking a furtive peek at a shrine to an ex-husband, make the many settings memorably distinct. Her descriptions of interacting with her clients (the real clients, not the ones who simply pay the bill) and her own household menagerie caused this decidedly animal-phobic reader to laugh out loud and reconsider her prejudices.
Humor, suspense of several kinds, and information on arcane topics engage readers on almost every page. This is less a mystery to solve than a book simply to enjoy. Unusually, I plan to re-read it before passing it along.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant mystery
Comment: I truly enjoyed this book. A real page turner. Suspenseful right up until the end.
Rating: 5
Summary: A crowd pleaser
Comment: Veterinarian Jessica Popper has a very unique practice called Reigning Cats and Dogs. She has a clinic on wheels and travels allover Long Island meeting her clients in their homes. She just broke off with her boyfriend, a private investigator who she still loves, because he wants to marry her and she wants no part of the institution after seeing all the fights that happened between her parents.
One day while driving along the back road of the Atherton Farm to treat a sick horse, her two dogs find a dead body. When Jessica looks at the murdered victim she sees a canary with his neck broken lying next to the human victim. Jessica wholeheartedly throws herself into the investigation determined to unmask the killer. Although she has never done such a thing before, she gets very close to getting some answers but also almost gets herself killed in the process.
This amateur sleuth novel has plenty of action and enough romance to appeal to readers of both genres. The heroine has two rescued dogs, an arthritic cat and a parrot that repeats back anything he hears. Jessica is a smart, independent and clever woman who works the case as well as a private investigator and readers will find her actions very believable once the audience overcomes the initial doubt that is part of any first time amateur sleuth voluntary involvement in an investigation. Cynthia Baxter's DEAD CANARIES DON'T SING is a mystery lover's delight.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly ISBN: 0425194612 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Arson and Old Lace : A Far Wychwood Mystery by Patricia Harwin ISBN: 0743482247 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle ISBN: 042519213X Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Murder of a Barbie and Ken by Denise Swanson ISBN: 0451210727 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Blue Blood : A Debutante Dropout Mystery by Susan McBride ISBN: 0060563893 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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