In the Teeth of Adversity

By Marian Babson

Book Overview

Paws for Murder... The man who threw his cat at his dentist... Doug Perkins, his partner Gerry and their cat, Pandora, have one job to do: spin gaffes into gold. But this cozy little London PR agency--a better environment for Pandora than profits--is about to get involved in a disastous affaire dentaire..Endicott Zayle, dentist to the rich and famous--as well as to Doug and Gerry--has a problem with royal proportions. He just killed a beautiful women with an experimental anesthetic. Or did he? By the time Doug arrives on the scene, the corpse is up and walking around--and someone else is dead instead. With Endicott losing his grip, and a line of women all claiming personal interest in the deceased, scandal is afoot. And so is a second dose of murder. For Doug, Perry and Pandora, making this mess look good will mean sorting through an old man's madness, a young man's foolishness, and a tooth-and-nail case of cat fighting--no holds barred...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312991037
• ISBN13: 9780312991036
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Breezy Mystery of a Death in a Dental Chair

Marion Babson writes bright and breezy mysteries with a cozy feel. In this case the PR firm of Perkins and Tate faces the true test of public relations-- putting a favorable spin on the death of a public figure in their dentist's chair. Surrounded by a plethora of eccentrics including Malcolm-- the dentist's father, who still thinks a world war is going on-- I or II, he isn't picky; the dentist's wife who was not so much stolen by the dentist's partner as barrowed; and the dentist himself who is quite single minded when it comes to things dental.This is is a fun and not particularly serious novel that will happily pass an hour or two.