When Kari Stuart’s best friend, Suz Holden, gets roped into taking on the coordinator role of the Tri-County Kennel Club Show, Suz bribes Kari into helping her by offering her a booth to help raise funds and awareness for Serenity Sanctuary, Kari’s animal rescue. Things are hard enough for the two ladies as they try their best to please the unpleasable president of the kennel club, Olivia Weiner. They get much worse when a local breeder is found dead, killed with a pair of Suz’s grooming scissors.

One murder that points towards Suz is bad enough but when another body turns up with suspicion falling on Suz again, Kari knows she has to solve the mystery before the sheriff puts Suz in her own cage. With help from her crew at Serenity Sanctuary and her cat Queenie, Kari sets out to catch the real killer and clear Suz’s name, before any more bodies turn up.

Deborah Blake makes more than fur fly in DOGGONE DEADLY, the second book in the Catskills Pet Rescue Mystery series. The murders are just the tip of the iceberg in this furry mystery and you won’t be able to put it down. The bumbling local cops are entertaining and I love that they’re named Clark and Kent. The incorporation of the dog show is fun and it was great learning a bit about how things run behind the scenes for something like that. Queenie steals the spotlight whenever she’s around. I can’t get enough of the adorable cat. If you like animals and are a fan of cozy’s, this is the perfect series. Things are progressing a bit more between Kari and Angus, the vet. I love how Blake is teasing along their relationship. I can’t wait to see what kind of trouble Kari and Queenie get into on their next adventure.

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