Doggone Dead

This is a cute cozy mystery novel that has two best gal pals trying to solve a Murder while starting a pet valet service. I like the fact that the gals are of a certain age where they should be thinking about retirement but turn towards adventure instead. Though the premise is interesting, I did hav......more

Doggone Dead by Dane McCaslin is the first book in the cozy The 2 Sisters Pet Valet Mysteries series. This series as with most other cozies has a seperate mystery to be fully solved within each book so a reader can read the books as a standalone or in any order if choosing to do so. There is however......more

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. A teacher is looking forward to a long, if frugal retirement, when her best friend, who made a career out of getting married proposes a joint business walking dogs. Neither of them actually want to walk dogs, so they finagle one the teacher's former students to......more

If ever there was a cozy mystery that's perfect for beach or fireside reading, this may be it. There's nothing really bloody, gory or politically sensitive here, the characters are mostly likable (more on that later) but yes, there's a murder. It's short enough that motivated readers, bolstered with......more

When school teacher Gwen Franklin retires, her friend Nora Goldstein insists that they work together. Her idea for a pet valet service doesn't work for Gwen, she has allergies, but Gwen could use an infusion of cash. One that Nora is in the position to give. They've also been 'besties' since childho......more