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Murder Unleashed

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by Elaine Viets
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From Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets—the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.
At the Pampered Pet Boutique in Fort Lauderdale, the dogs are treated better than the people—a fact not lost on Helen Hawthorne, who is working at the fabulous and furry canine salon where the wealthy dog owners need a muzzle more than their beloved pets.
And while some things shouldn't happen to a dog, they do happen to humans—as Helen discovers when she drives out to the lavish home of Tammie Grimsby to deliver a freshly fluffed Yorkie, only to find Tammie stabbed to death with a pair of grooming scissors. In a panic, Helen speeds out of there—but she doesn't report the murder, lest her own criminal past come to light.
But that doesn't mean she can't look into the stabbing on the sly. As Helen sniffs around both the boutique and a growing list of pure breed suspects, she knows that her bark will have to be worse than her bite if she's going to put the collar on a killer...

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Dead-End Job Mysteries

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 25, 2024

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781625673220
      • File size: 537 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781625673220
      • File size: 963 KB

    • Open EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781625673220
      • File size: 535 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 6, 2006
      Full of wry social commentary, Viets's fifth Dead-End Job mystery (after 2005's Just Murdered
      ) finds series heroine Helen Hawthorne, former St. Louis biz whiz, still on the lam and working off the books at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., shop called Pampered Pets to avoid paying alimony to a philandering ex-husband. The murders of two Pampered Pets customers—Tammie Grimsby, an aging, sex-crazed trophy wife; and Willoughby Barclay, owner of Barkley, a "Labradoodle" who's the object of a custody dispute in an ugly divorce—sets Helen on the sleuthing trail. Viets wickedly explores the trendy and sometimes cruel fashion of using dogs as accessories and exuberantly depicts this elite pet world, which includes dueling dog groomers as well as murder suspects. A hurricane threat adds zest to the hunt for the killer. 5-city author tour.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
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  • EPUB ebook
  • Open EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

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