Synopses & Reviews
Izzy McHale wants her new Trendy Tails Pet Boutique in Merryville, Minnesota, to be the height of canine couture and feline fashions. But in a week of wedding bells, someone is about to hold their peace
forever. Love is in the air, and Izzy is hard at work coordinating two special weddings at Trendy Tails. First, Izzys friend and mentor, Ingrid, will be tying the knot with her old flame. And a week later, Izzy will host pupptials” for two lovable dogs.
But even with the hullabaloo, the Trendy Tails crew is intrigued by Daniel, an enigmatic writer boarding above the shop whos caught the attention of Izzys zany aunt Dolly, who gossips like most people breathe.
Unfortunately, its Daniel who stops breathing when he drops dead at the altar on Ingrids wedding day. Then Dolly is found at the scene with the murder weapon, and its up to Izzy, her Trendy Tails pals, and her scrappy pets, Packer and Jinx, to find a killer before the two affianced doggies bark down the aisle
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Praise for
Paws for Murder “Annie Knox has created a warm, funny, flawed, but completely endearing sleuth in Izzy McHale, and Im already panting for the next book in the series.” —Miranda James, New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks mysteries
“Five paws up! Annie Knox dazzles with four-legged friends, fashion, and foul play. Paws for Murder is tailor-made for the pet and mystery lover.”—Melissa Bourbon, author of A Killing Notion
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Praise for the Pet Boutique Mysteries
“Knox has created a warm, funny, flawed, but completely endearing sleuth in Izzy McHale.”—New York Times bestselling author Miranda James
“Annie Knox dazzles!”—National Bestselling Author Melissa Bourbon
“Everything you could hope for in a good cozy.”—Crimespree Magazine
“A witty whodunit...one that fans of corpses and canines, felonies and felines, will lap up.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"[A]n impressive start to a new series.”—MyShelf.com
Synopsis
Groomed for Murders Izzy McHale is back, and her pet boutique, Trendy Tails, is raking in the green. But someone else in town is seeing red.
The Midwestern Cat Fanciers Organization is bringing its annual weeklong retreat to Merryville, Minnesota. While thats perfect for Izzys business, it unleashes headaches for everyone else. The event has lots of workshops on the care and breeding of cats, and it culminates in a cat show with a fabulous prizea platinum collar dangle worth some big bucks.
Cattiness, of course, ensues. But the claws really come out after the prize disappears, and the wealthy director, Phillip Denford, is done in with a pair of grooming shears. Now Izzy and her furry friends, Packer and Jinx, cant waste time pussyfooting around. They have to solve this case before a killer pounces again.
About the Author
Annie Knox is the national bestselling author of the Pet Boutique mysteries, including Paws for Murder and Groomed for Murder. She doesnt commitor solvemurders in her real life, but her passion for animals is one hundred percent true. Shes also a devotee of eighties music, Asian horror films, and reality TV. While Annie is a native Buckeye and has called a half dozen states home, she and her husband now live a stones throw from the courthouse square in a north Texas town in their very own crumbling historic house.