Dogs Dont Lie, Clea Simon
Dogs Dont Lie, Clea Simon
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Dogs Dont Lie
The Pru Marlowe Pet Noir Series, Book 1

Author: Clea Simon

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2011


Synopsis

Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, the dogs guardian. Now Charles is dead, and Lily appears to be headed for the same end, for after all, Lily is a pit bull, a fightingring dropout. And Lily is far too traumatized to give Pru a clear picture of what she has witnessed. But Pru knows something about bad girls trying to clean up, and, with a sense of justice strong enough to overcome her dislike of human society, she takes the case. Listening to the animals, Pru picks up clues and learns there are secrets in the pretty little town that make murder look simple. Unable to tell anyone about her psychic abilities, uncertain at times about her own sanity, Pru comes to realize that if she clears Lily, shell likely become the prime suspector the next victim. While the only creature she can totally trust is her crotchety tabby cat, Wallis, Pru must uncover the real killerand find a way to live with her giftbefore the real beasts in the town savage her and those she has come to love. A Poisoned Pen Press Mystery

About Clea Simon

Before turning to a life of crime (fiction), Clea Simon was a journalist. Starting as a rock critic, she ended up writing about books and other arts. A native of New York, she came to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, from which she graduated with high honors, and never left. The author of three nonfiction books and seven mysteries, she lives with her husband, the writer Jon S. Garelick, and their cat, Musetta.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie

The story has been reviewed from others very well, so I will tell you what I liked about it: the way the animals are portrayed. Of course it implements our projection on to them. But still Clea Simon obviously loves animals and spends a lot of time studying them. What strikes me most is that Lily the......more

Goodreads review by Maria

This book had some really good parts, but boy, did it drag, especially the second half. Visits to the same people, covering the same old ground over and over. The animals are way smarter than the humans and frankly, are what made the book readable. The main protag was more like a cardboard figure ju......more

Goodreads review by Betty

The first book in the Pru Marlowe series. Pru learns she can understand animals and the noise is such takes Wallis her senior tabby cat and returns home. She is called to a murder scene to take charge of a white pit ball accused of killing its owner. Pru knows that the dog did not do the killing so......more