Murder, She Barked

Paws & Claws Mystery, Book 1

By: Krista Davis

Narrated by: Jeanie Kanaley

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Holly Miller's life has gone to the dogs. She has no job, her boyfriend's former flame is sniffing around, and a scruffy but lovable Jack Russell terrier is scattering crumbs all over her borrowed car. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, a troubling phone call about her grandmother sends her rushing home to the family inn on Wagtail Mountain.

The staff - and a frisky calico kitten named Twinkletoes - adopts Holly and her new dog on arrival. Someone in this friendly town is bad to the bone, though. One of the employees at the inn has been killed in a hit-and-run accident, which is looking anything but accidental. Now Holly and her furry companions will have to nose out the murderer before someone else gets muzzled.

©2013 Cristina Ryplansky (P)2015 Tantor

murder she barked

awesome. first time checking this series out. just bought the second book. looking forward to the beginning

EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED!!🐶🐶🐈🐈

I absolutely loved it!! Just enough mystery to keep me guessing, making it perfect!!! 🐶🐶🐱🐱

Narration left alot to be desired.

Narrator consistently placed emphasis on wrong words in each sentence, which made me lose the train of thought while I rephrased it in my mind. I was very disappointed.

Enjoyable

I usually read books from authors like Lisa Jackson, Allison Brennan, Karen Slaughter, James Patterson so this was my first in the genre of cozy detective. I really enjoyed it. I usually listen to my books on Audible before I go to sleep at night so I was looking for. something that had a good mystery but was lighter, had a little humor or quirkier characters and I found that here. The narration was good and made the characters come to life. As I move on to the next book in this series, I will definitely recommend this book to other readers.

Started Out Weak . . . Got Better and Better

When I started listening to Murder, She Barked, I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to finish it. Holly Miller sounded like (and I stress SOUNDED) a whiney middle schooler, not an adult, with a too-sweet voice and was driving her boyfriend’s car to see about her grandma (Oma), yet she had no idea what was wrong. Worrying about every little crumb or dog hair that got in the car . . . not much of a boyfriend . . . which bears out later in the story . . . the narrator is not good, but somehow I muddled through. The story, turns out, IS good, and Holly isn’t the immature gal she is made to sound like in the beginning. She is sweet, kind and just now figuring out what is important to her. I love the idea of the Wagtail Inn and the little town of Wagtail, which is a haven for pet owners. Figuring out who murdered Sven, the employee of the Inn, and the fear that Oma was the real target, was the focus of the story, but there was lots of great side tails . . . pun intended 😊. Excellent resolution to the book.

boring

narrator's was ti nasally and voice was almost like listening toFran Drescger. interesting plot. v

Cozy with pets too!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish!

Excellent character development and this includes the 4 legged ones!

The pace was good, interesting plot twists and characters to love and some to dislike strongly!

I wish there was a real town that catered to people with pets!

Will buy the subsequent books in the series in hopes they are near this fun!

fun light clean

somewhat hard to follow but clever and cute. great for fun pastime. good for families

Great read

Loved the narrator. Hope she does the rest of Sarah's books. Not all are narrated so will have to wait and see...

Decent story line but narrator ruins it

Would you try another book from Krista Davis and/or Jeanie Kanaley?

I will continue to listen to entire series but it's difficult to listen to narrator. Her cutsie voice and inflections make the characters seem brainless and dumb.