Bite the Biscuit: A Barkery & Biscuits Mystery

The Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries, Book 1

By: Linda O. Johnston

Narrated by: Carla Mercer-Meyer

Carrie Kennersly, a veterinary technician, has become known for baking healthful and popular dog treats at the clinic where she works, in the town of Knobcone Heights, California. When a friend moves away, Carrie buys her bakery and converts half into a Barkery to sell her canine delights. Carrie even works things out for her beloved rescue dog Biscuit to hang out in the dog part of the enterprise.

But Myra and Harris Ethman, who own a local store selling pet products, hate the new competition - and they're members of one of the town's most elite families. After publicly badmouthing Carrie and antagonizing family and other townsfolk with her big mouth, Myra is found dead with a Barkery biscuit beside her. Now Carrie must prove she didn't consider the rivalry, nor Myra's nasty criticisms, a sufficient motive to commit murder - before she's collared for the crime.

©2015 Linda O. Johnston (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great new to me series!

This is a must listen for fur parents and cozy mystery fans! The narrator was delightful as well

a lot of talk about treats

this was an ok book to lighten to while doing other things. I started too feel there was a lot of filler talk as the narrator spent a lot of time taking about the treats, where she passed them out, and I started too feel like it's I here the word great one more time..I also guess who did it very really on, I the she kind of telegraphed it. I'm not usually good at guessing. it could have been shorter or more fleshed with better character development.

good premises

I feel very conflicted about this book series. I liked the story in general, it has a good plot. However, I am not a big fan of the amount of details provided throughout the story. it makes sense to provide details when a writer wants to paint an scene with words, wants us to visualize what they are imagining, but when it comes to details/thoughts (of the protagonist) that are very obvious/unnecessary is quite annoying.
like at some point after a successful treatment of an animal was over, the doctor told the patient owner to go to the front to pick up something for the pet. and Carrie thinks something along the lines of "and pay as well". unnecessary thought. unless what the author wants Carrie's personality be annoying. in that case, mission accomplished.
I also don't like the fact she was saved by one of her flirtation interests and she mentions being annoyed about it and she had guessed who the culprit was minutes before the culprit had shown up. even if she had known, that didn't mean she could have saved herself.
I also dislike her insecurity. at some point on of her flirtation interests (characters in the story that pay other functions other than flirting with Carrie) speaks/responds a bit harsh (he is upset about something) she immediately thinks "I thought he liked me"
however, even with all that I enjoyed the book and I'm in the second one of the series

Good book

A little slow to start, but once I got into it I couldn’t put it down!

Cute

Cute storyline. Quite a bit of repetition sometimes. Would be better with more thoughts from the characters. Narrator ok.