Chained

A Kate Turner, DVM, Mystery

By: Eileen Brady, Poisoned Pen Press

Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer

Everyone in the charming Hudson Valley town of Oak Falls expected Flynn Keegan, their handsome blond "Golden Boy", to make it big in Hollywood. So when veterinarian Kate Turner identifies a bone dug up by one of her dog patients as human, no one thinks back 10 years to remember Flynn. Until DNA and a smashed skull prove he was murdered.

With few clues available to the forensic team, the grieving family begs Kate to investigate. His four closest friends plead ignorance. Neighbors and teachers remember the charismatic young man but offer no real help.

Meanwhile, Kate is juggling her eccentric house-call clients, a silly potbellied-pig wedding, and the sudden reappearance of an old college boyfriend. Anthropologist Jeremy Engels, who returns like Indiana Jones from an African dig, is eager to rekindle their romance and offer his help. Together, they plan to crash Flynn's high school reunion, a recreation of his senior prom, and interview his fellow students.

Time isn't of the essence with a 10-year-old cold case, right? Her Gramps is convinced that the killer is long gone, just like the illegally captured brown bear she helped save, now roaming free in the woods. But Kate soon discovers that chains of love can be as strong as those made of steel-and some deadly secrets have put her next on the kill list.

©2017 Eileen Brady (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing

Great cozy mystery

Another great cozy mystery from Eileen Brady. I love the veterinarian stories as much as the mystery!

love this series

enjoyed the story line and how the author fleses out all the characters. will look forward to more stories

Awesome concept and great narration

I love audiobooks and reading and have a really good memory, and I have come to expect small inconsistencies from book to book in a series. But the weirdest thing about this series of books is that the inconsistencies pop up within the same book. In one chapter Gramps and Kate talk every Sunday like “clockwork” in the next chapter they try to talk weekly randomly. It almost feels like more than one person is writing this book and then they put it together and the editor is not very good at remembering what’s happening from chapter to chapter. However, I personally think that Carolyn Shaffer is the best narrator on the planet and, I love this concept and hearing about the veterinary adventures so I put up with inconsistencies that are slightly agitating to me.

Found the Goove

This story was very well rounded. I believe Eileen Brady had found her groove with her writing. I loved this book! 🤓

Sweet

If you like the Hallmark channel this is for you! You know the plot but you read anyway.