Welcome to the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Paws for Murder (A Barking Mad Mystery) by Scarlett English. It’s the first book in a brand new series, and you are going to love it!
Paws For Murder (The Barking Mad Mysteries)
by Scarlett English
I received this book free to review; however, all opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive compensation at no cost to you.
Paws For Murder (The Barking Mad Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Independently Published (January 5, 2020)
Print Length: 163 pages
Welcome to Adlebury where village life can be downright deadly.
Veterinarian Petronella Knight seems to have it all. A job she loves, good friends, and patients who adore her. But when she gets into an argument with dog breeder Gladys Harrington, and she finds the woman dead, she also finds herself accused of murder.
Ella will need all her friends, including the new and very handsome American policeman, and all her sharpest sleuthing skills to figure out who murdered the dog breeder before another dead body pops up.
Paws for Murder contains one enthusiastic amateur detective with a penchant for rescuing animals, a guard duck called George, a large amount of homemade gooseberry wine, and a very confused American who has never met an English village quite like this one.
You’d be Barking Mad to pass this one by.
My review of Paws for Murder
I absolutely adored Paws for Murder! It has all of the elements that I love in a cozy mystery book: humor, great characters, animals, and squeaky clean content. I’ve given it 4.5 stars rather than 5 only because of a couple of cases of inconsistency….one pretty big one in the epilogue. I read the section several times to make sure I didn’t miss something, but I didn’t. So I had to take a half star away for that.
Paws for Murder is a very quick read. You’re not going to want to put it down. Despite the fact that it’s a quick read, you’ll be totally invested in the lives of these characters. They’re well-developed and jump off the page at you. I love the small English village setting as well as the fact that a former American detective moves there to be with his grandma. I sure do miss my grandma! Since Petronella (Ella to the detective) is his grandma’s neighbor, I’m sure a romance will develop between the two. That’s fine with me as long as the romance doesn’t overshadow the mysteries! I enjoy reading cozies with no romance in them too. However, I do like these two characters a lot, so I am fine with a romance between them.
I definitely recommend Paws for Murder. It’s a fun, quick, quirky cozy mystery that will leave you ready for the next book! This book is FREE with Kindle Unlimited!
About the author
Scarlett English is a crazy cat lady who likes solving mysteries. Or actually, make that a dog lady. Much to her chagrin, the police have never sought to consult her, which is why there seems to be so much unsolved crime. Especially—surprisingly enough—in the small English village where she lives. So, armed with curiosity, a penchant for taking in strays, a love of homemade wine and a good gossip, she puts her detecting talents to good use murdering her imaginary friends and neighbors and solving the cases one story at a time.
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I am a crazy cat lady too 😉 This book sounds great!
I love the cover art! Sounds like a great read.
Thank you for your review on “Paws for Murder” by Scarlett English and for being part of the book tour.
This book is on my TBR list and I can’t wait for the opportunity to read it. Cute cover!
Looks like a cute book.
Thanks for the contest.
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