Dressed Up 4 Murder
The holiday season has arrived and bookkeeper/amateur sleuth, Sophie “Phee” Kimball, would love nothing more than to enjoy the comforts of her new home with her detective boyfriend near Arizona’s Sun City West. Instead, her mother, Harriet, wants to showcase her Chiweenie-Chihuahua-Dachshund Streetman in the Precious Pooches Holiday Extravaganza costume events. The festivities begin in October and end on St. Patrick’s Day—with the winner starring in the St. Pat’s Day parade. But things quickly turn an awful shade of green when Streetman uncovers a dead body under a tarp-covered grill in the neighbor’s yard.
The victim is Cameron Tully, a seafood distributor working out of Phoenix, who died from ingesting a toxic sago palm leaf. Before the police can even find a motive and suspect, another Precious Pooch owner nearly dies from the same poison. With Harriet believing someone’s targeting her and Streetman because of the costume contests, Phee will need a potful of Irish luck to sniff out a killer.
Series: Sophie Kimball Mystery – Book 6
Author: J.C. Eaton
Genre: Cozy Mystery/ PI
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 320
On Sale February 25th, 2020
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J.C. Eaton’s latest addition to the PI cozy “Sophie Kimball Mystery” series, Dressed Up 4 Murder from Kensington Books https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/ will transport readers to into the world of obsessive dog owners. Phee has begun to think her mother has lost her mind where her Streetman is concerned, and she may not be wrong. No matter what, this book will delight animal lovers, and at the same time, terrify them.
This PI cozy gives readers a glance at a world that most think of as exciting and adventurous but, in reality, is mostly paperwork and tedium. And the dog competition business is the one that has all the action and excitement, not to mention the backstabbing and danger!
Phee and company are wonderfully charming characters that get more complex and lifelike with each new addition to the series. Working at a PI firm as an accountant shouldn’t involve getting involved in a murder investigation, but somehow, Phee keeps finding herself smack in the middle of one every time a body shows up. This time her mom finds the body, and Phee and the firm end up unmasking a very unexpected killer.
There are plenty of red herrings, twists and turns, action, and animal antics that will keep readers laughing and glued to their seats until the last page is turned. Phee and friends solve the murder and catch the bad guy in this enthralling PI cozy. I am happy to recommend Dressed Up 4 Murder and the entire series.
Other cozies readers find enjoyable are Leslie Nagel’s http://www.leslienagel.com/ “The Oakwood Mystery Series” https://www.thecozyreview.com/the-antique-house-murders/ or Diane Kelly’s https://www.dianekelly.com/ “A Paw Enforcement Novel” https://www.thecozyreview.com/paw-of-the-jungle/.
About the Author:
J.C. Eaton is the pen name for the collaborative writing team of Ann I. Goldfarb and James E. Clapp. Together they created a cast of quirky characters. While Ann is a seasoned author in her own right, having eight published YA time travel mysteries to her credit, James, a former winery tasting room manager, has focused on non-fiction with informative blurbs on the wine industry. This unlikely author duo found common ground when they moved to Arizona and realized that the community they were living in was the perfect background for murder mysteries.
Ann admits that she’s definitely “the detail person” while James is more comfortable with the plotline and the big ideas. Running the dialogue is their favorite pastime in this venture.
J.C. Eaton is represented by Dawn Dowdle of the Blue Ridge Literary Agency
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