Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Delilah Doolittle and the Careless Coyote
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Patricia Guiver
Class/Genre: Mystery Dogs Cats
Series: Delilah Doolittle # 3
Berkley, Nov 1997, $5.99, 208 pp.
There are three types of people in the world: dog lovers, cat lovers, and pet-haters. It is the former two groups that keep Delilah Doolittle's pet detective agency thriving as she is always tracking down a missing or abducted pet for one of her clients. However, sometimes her cases take macabre twists involving the murder of a human. Every time this happens Delilah feels compelled to solve the case.
When Mavis Byrde's prize winning Absynnian cat turns up missing, the distraught owner believes that her neighbor, a rumored practicing witch, kidnapped the feline. Delilah visits the alleged culprit, but instead of finsing a supposed sacrificial cat, she finds a dead human. Though the police quickly make an arrest, Delilah is convinced that they went up the wrong tree. She begins her own investigation in order to uncover the identity of the real killer.
The latest addition to Patricia Guiver's "pet detective mystery series" is as witty and entertaining as the wonderful previous works. DELILAH AND THE CARELESS COYOTEE includes a first rate mystery, but the novel, filled with interesting trivia, will especially be enjoyed by Anglophiles and animal lovers.
Harriet Klausner
Reprinted with permission. Do Not repost without permission from the author, Harriet Klausner
If you enjoy this website, a link would be appreciated. |