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Kneading To Die

by Liz Mugavero

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Series: A Pawsitively Organic Mystery (1)

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"Like the goodies Stan makes for her Maine coon kitty Nutty, Kneading To Die is a treat . . . A fun and frisky whodunit, with plenty of lively pet action." â??Clea Simon, author of Cats Can't Shoot

Maybe the best thing that ever happened to Kristan "Stan" Connor was losing her high-stress public relations job. Now there's plenty of time to spend in her sleepy new Connecticut town working on her dream: baking healthy, organic pet treats!

Before long the neighborhood dogs are escaping their yards to show up at Stan's doorstep, begging for the kinds of special homemade treats her Maine coon cat Nutty loves so much. And Stan's pet-loving neighbors are thrilled with the new organic options available to their furry family members. But not everyone loves Stan and her newfangled organic ways . . .

It seems Carole Morganwick, the town vet, is from the old school of pet care. But when Stan swallows her pride and brings a very unwilling Nutty in for a checkup, she not only finds Carole dead under a pile of kibble...but also learns that she's in the dog house as the prime suspect! Finding the real killer and clearing her name will require some seriously surreptitious sniffing around . . . and hopefully, curiosity won't kill this innocent cat . . .

"The characters ring true and the plot and narration are seamless." â??Mystery Scene

"Animal lovers and foodies will hunger for more of this yummy new series." â??Avery Aames, author of The Long Quiche Goodbye

Includes Gourmet Pet Food Recipes!
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new-series, first-in-series, cozy-mystery, culinary, pet-cat, contemporary, Connecticut, amateur-sleuth, veterinarian, small-town, small-business, unpleasant-victims, homeopathic, new-in-town, situational-humor, verbal-humor****

Interesting story full of pets and some very interesting human characters. The investigation is sometimes frantic and other times somewhat sluggish but always fun.
Voice actor Ann Marie Lee gave a good dramatic reading.
I requested and received a free temporary audiobook from Tantor Audio via NetGalley.
Pub Date 13 Feb 2024 ( )
  jetangen4571 | Feb 11, 2024 |
good story looking forward to reading more from this author. ( )
  cfulton20 | Nov 13, 2023 |
You know it is a bad sign when the main character annoys you in the first chapter. What is up with all of the "theme song" nonsense? Between that and the constant brand-name dropping and needless clothing / physical descriptions of everyone, I barely soldiered on. Plus, her name annoyed me.

HOWEVER, the mystery was ok enough to finish it without too much eye rolling. I'm down with the whole small-town, organic living, pet loving world. I'm not standing in my kitchen whipping up pet food from scratch with all organic fresh ingredients, but I have enjoyed many a farmer's market in my day. So the setting was quaint, and I enjoyed many of the side characters, even though the author threw in so many that you barely got to know any of them. She did waste half the book on a boyfriend you knew from the first line wouldn't be sticking around for book 2, and that annoyed me. I get it; it sets up the heroine for the small-town love interest in book 2.

This book was just ok. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. 2 stars. ( )
  GovMarley | Aug 6, 2017 |
As a gourmet pet snack creator myself, I loved the theme of this cozy, but was annoyed with the main character at times, and the mystery was more disappointing than I expected in the end. The explanation as to why some things had occurred were a little far fetched. Still, the small town setting, the pet theme, and the variety of characters made it worth the read.
As this was the first in series, there was much time spent on set up, so I am looking forward to reading the next book where that will no longer be the case. ( )
  StephLaymon | Feb 3, 2016 |
Not exceptional. The standard stupid cop who suspects the wrong person and a diatribe against pet food from China. ( )
  carolvanbrocklin | Apr 7, 2014 |
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

"Like the goodies Stan makes for her Maine coon kitty Nutty, Kneading To Die is a treat . . . A fun and frisky whodunit, with plenty of lively pet action." â??Clea Simon, author of Cats Can't Shoot

Maybe the best thing that ever happened to Kristan "Stan" Connor was losing her high-stress public relations job. Now there's plenty of time to spend in her sleepy new Connecticut town working on her dream: baking healthy, organic pet treats!

Before long the neighborhood dogs are escaping their yards to show up at Stan's doorstep, begging for the kinds of special homemade treats her Maine coon cat Nutty loves so much. And Stan's pet-loving neighbors are thrilled with the new organic options available to their furry family members. But not everyone loves Stan and her newfangled organic ways . . .

It seems Carole Morganwick, the town vet, is from the old school of pet care. But when Stan swallows her pride and brings a very unwilling Nutty in for a checkup, she not only finds Carole dead under a pile of kibble...but also learns that she's in the dog house as the prime suspect! Finding the real killer and clearing her name will require some seriously surreptitious sniffing around . . . and hopefully, curiosity won't kill this innocent cat . . .

"The characters ring true and the plot and narration are seamless." â??Mystery Scene

"Animal lovers and foodies will hunger for more of this yummy new series." â??Avery Aames, author of The Long Quiche Goodbye

Includes Gourmet Pet Food Recipes!

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This is a cozy mystery and the first in the series. Kristan "Stan" Connor is starting over in a small town and finally pursuing her dream- baking healthy and organic animal treats. However, the town vet has her own ideas about pet treatment and makes life a bit hard for Stan. Soon, the vet is found dead- who wanted her dead? Can Stan solve the case before she's charged with the murder?
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