Paws for Alarm (A Canine Confections Mystery)
by Amy Hueston
About Paws for Alarm
Paws for Alarm (A Canine Confections Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Publisher: Donelson Press (March 22, 2021)
Digital - Number of Pages - 196
ASIN: B08XN4ZRMC
When Samantha relaxes into her new role as a dog mom, finds a circle of friends in her new hometown, and sees her new dog bakery Canine Confections barking up business, she’s thrilled that things are going so well … until she hears a bloodcurdling scream from the pastry shop two doors down and runs over to find a dead body on the floor.
Suddenly Samantha finds herself in a race against time to find not only the thief who is stealing from the upscale shops, but a murderer, too. Samantha’s Lab-Mix Sweet Pea wags her tail through all of the clues, suspects and shenanigans. Both Samantha and Sweet Pea are aided in their amateur investigation by the other shopkeepers on the elegant Worth Avenue, and Samantha finds the suspect list growing at every turn.
To make matters worse, Samantha’s old boyfriend arrives in town, and mysterious people start showing up at the Sophisticated Pet and New Age stores nearby. Samantha soon finds that things are not what they seem, and she must figure out what’s going on—or become the next dead body on a bakery floor.
Includes an original recipe from the world-famous Three Dog Bakery!
What I Thought:
This is the second in the Canine Confections Mystery Series. In this one, Samantha is still trying to get her dog bakery up and going after a murder occurred there. Sam has made friends with some of the other shop owners on Worth Avenue and they meet every morning for coffee at Patisserie, the local bakery. Someone has been stealing from the local shops and one day after coffee klatch, Dominique a local jogger, is found stabbed in Patisserie. Of course Samantha has to investigate because she feels the police are not finding the killer fast enough. This book was good and kept my attention throughout. This one had a good plot and was well thought out. Even though this is the second in a series, and I have read the first, it could be read as a stand alone. This one had some of the same great characters as the first book in the series, and there are a couple new characters as well. I thought I had the killer figured out a few times, but was wrong and was left guessing until the very end.
I received a complimentary copy of this book.
Amy Hueston writes mini-mysteries for Woman’s World magazine when she isn’t writing mystery and suspense novels. The first 3 books in her Canine Confections mystery series have an abundance of dogs and pastries, two of her favorite things, and will be available in 2021. Amy is also a professional singer who has performed nationally and internationally. A sought-after singer in South Florida, Amy draws on these experiences when writing.
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