A Pawsome Summer For Murder

By S a Kazlo

It's summer in Wings Falls, New York and Samantha Davies is geared up for the annual trout tournament sponsored by Al Gorman, owner of the Sport's Shop. Sam, along with her Southern Belle cousin, Candie Parker-Hogan, are determined to beat the pants off their significant others, Sam's new fianc , Hank Johnson, a detective on Wings Falls police force and Mark Hogan, Candie's husband. The ladies feel they have a secret weapon-they learned from the best fisherman in Hainted Hollar Tennessee, Grandpop Parker. Sam once won a trophy for the largest fish in the Fins and Tails Fishing Derby.

To Sam's surprise instead of reeling in the day's biggest catch, she "hooked" into the body of the town's most vocal activist, Luna Wheeler.

Raylene Carrigan, owner of a traveling doggie daycare Sam uses for her lovable dachshund, Porkchop, becomes a prime suspect, when it becomes known Luna tried to shut down the town's doggie park she depends on for the pets in her care. Since Sam has successfully helped solve murders in the past, Raylene begs her for help to prove her innocent.

Sam reluctantly agrees but knows her fianc won't be happy with her involvement in yet another murder case.

Determined to help Porkchop's buddy, Sam starts digging for clues only to discover that Luna, with her over-zealous demands to many of the town's businesses to recycle, upset more than a few of her friends. Can Sam land Luna's murderer before she gets 'hooked' by the killer?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DXC8QFZH
• ISBN13: 9798230299592
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Adk Foothills Publishing
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

An "Awesome" Book

A Pawsome Summer for Murder is an “awesome” book. It is the seventh in a series of cozy craft books. The opening chapter pulls the reader into the excitement of a trout fishing contest. The main two characters, Sam and Candie are “hookers” as in rug hookers. They both have dogs and who doesn’t like a book with dogs The murder occurs at the tournament. Instead of a trout, Sam hooks the dead body of a woman greatly disliked in the small town of Wing Falls for her overzealous recycling activism while visiting stores and restaurants at their busiest times. This is not the first dead body that Sam has found and she reluctantly agrees to help the owner of a doggie day care that Sam’s dachshund, Porkchop, attends when she becomes the prime suspect associated with the dead body. Since Sam has a wedding to plan, she and Candie, her matron of honor, visit restaurants, a bridal shop and a florist to make wedding plans, but also use the visits to ask questions about the murder suspect. Sam then tells her detective fiancé what she has learned. But he tells her nothing of what he suspects after his investigations so she is on her own. The last chapter is a delightful, unexpected surprise---a must read.