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Laddar... Pennedav Eileen Brady
Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  OldFriend | Oct 9, 2018 |   I have to admit that I've been enjoying Eileen Brady's Kate Turner DVM series more for the anecdotal information about animals than for the mysteries, but that's all changed now with this fourth book, Penned. Something clicked into place and turned this book into a lean, mean Doberman of a mystery. (Don't worry, this particular Doberman still likes belly rubs and going for walkies.) There's only one thing about Penned that barked offkey, and that's the romantic triangle. Should Kate go for rich archaeologist Jeremy or for local lawman Luke? It's probably just me, but if there's one thing in a book that can have me rolling my eyes, it's the romantic triangle, and for that I can thank Janet Evanovich. (Stephanie Plum fans will know what I'm talking about even if they don't agree.) Other than that, I really enjoyed this book. There's plenty for animal lovers to like. Brady's background in veterinary medicine means she's got plenty of tales to share-- both good, solid informational ones as well as ones that can make readers laugh. This is the part of Brady's novels that I've come to look forward to. What surprised and delighted me was that the author has successfully woven together elements of the cozy mystery with a serial killer thriller and turned it into a compelling detective story. It's not scary; there's no graphic violence, but readers are hooked into finding out Carl Wolf's identity. A canine clue shortly before the reveal made me realize the man's Oak Falls persona, but-- whew-- it was hard work. Animal-loving mystery fans are going to find plenty to enjoy in Penned, and I know that I'm certainly looking forward to another visit with Kate Turner. (  ) cathyskye | Oct 6, 2018 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML: "Veterinarian Brady imbues this page-turner with authentic details about a vet and the critters she treats." ??Kirkus Review Dr. Kate Turner, DVM, is seven months into her one-year contract to cover for a Hudson Valley vet taking a year-long world cruise. She's getting used to the hospital and house-call workload but not to the sometimes dangerous, if not deadly, critters??animal and human??she meets. Eighty-something-year-old Gloria LaGuardia has been installed at an assisted living center by her niece. They bump into Kate at the Oak Falls annual Halloween street bash. And while Gloria's conversation indicates some mental confusion??she asks a couple dressed as rabbits if they are real or not??she's still sharp. And she says, "Someone evil is here. I saw him." Saw who? Will this chance meeting draw Kate into the path of Carl Wolf, a notorious fugitive twenty-one years on the FBI's Most Wanted List? Is Wolf hiding in plain sight in or around Oak Falls? When Gloria, once an artist endowed with a sharp eye, is murdered, Kate doesn't know what to think. But author Tucker Weinstein approaches her at Gloria's funeral and indicates he believes the old woman. Further, he's devoting a chapter in his book to Carl Wolf. The FBI doesn't appear interested. Gloria's family just wants to move on. But publicity-hungry Tucker mentions Kate in a newspaper interview that goes viral. She's overloaded with new clients like Billy, a Nubian stud goat living penned up with alpaca, llamas, and more goats on a local farm producing milk, wool, and cheese, and a grumpy Chihuahua dressed up like a Thanksgiving turkey. Yet she senses someone is now following her. An undercover FBI agent? Carl Wolf on the prowl? Determined not to be a victim, Kate digs deep into the arson/murder Wolf committed long ago. Are the clues to unmasking him hidden in the past, or closer than s Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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At the annual town-wide Halloween party, Kate meets Gloria, a former artist and suffering from memory loss, who tells her, “Someone evil is here. I saw him.” Kate has no idea what to make of that and doesn’t think much about it until Gloria is murdered just a few days later. When Kate is approached by an author writing a book about Carl Wolf, who has been on the FBI’s most wanted list for 21 years, and thinks Gloria may have been able to recognize Wolf, Kate begins to think Gloria’s words might not have been the rambling thoughts of a dementia patient.
When the writer’s article appears in the local paper and he names her as a source and gives the paper’s readers her address as well, she becomes uneasy. She and her grandfather begin researching Wolf when the writer is beaten senseless in a dark alley. Then, she begins to sense she’s being followed.
Brady has written page-turner that slows now and then, but then she is carefully setting the scene. The book is laden with several amusing scenes with Kate’s patients. Brady has set her mystery in rural New York, her story line is well plotted and interesting, her characters from Kate to Billy the Nubia goat are well drawn and likable.
Although this is the fourth book in her series, it doesn’t read like it. Brady gives just enough information about the characters and setting so the reader doesn’t feel at a loss nor like she should have read the first three books before beginning this one. (