After a dog belonging to local pet activist Tilly Lawson is snatched right out of her backyard in Sunflower County, MS, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency are up to their ears in concerned pet owners. Could Tilly's work liberating abused animals have come back to bite her, or was this a random act of dognapping?
Delaney Detective Agency has their work cut out for them, especially as a troublesome online pet detective agency tries nosing their way into the investigation. But as Sarah Booth and Tinkie start to sink their teeth into the mystery, they discover there's much more at play than they thought: neighborhood rivalries, questionable dog breeders, and an illegal dogfighting operation.
As their digging churns up dangerous attention—and with their own beloved dogs, Sweetie Pie and Chablis, possibly next in line to be dognapped—Sarah Booth and Tinkie are in a race against time to track down the thieves and return the missing pets home.
Honestly, this novel struck a chord for me, a horror chord. Dogs being stolen from the backyard and potentially used for dogfighting. However, it is also the way certain law enforcement was handling it that made me want to cry even more.
This is the first novel that I read in the Sarah Booth Delaney series, but I think I will add it to my GROWING collection of novels to backtrack and read. Because I started late, there were moments of confusion. Mainly it was backstories and keeping straight who was related in what way to who. This didn’t take away from the plot of the novel, so I didn’t take any points away from my rating.
Overall, I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.
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