On the Trail of a Killer

Fairmont Finds Canine Cozy Mysteries, Book 1

By: Cate Lawley

Narrated by: Karen Krause

A hound with a nose for trouble and a heart for romance stirs up both in this small-town cozy mystery.

Fairmont loves his new lady Zella with all the exuberance of a once-abandoned dog. A fluffy dog bed, delicious meals, and exceptional company - what more could a dog want? Everything's grand, until he sniffs out a dead body.

Zella's new life began with the addition of an adoring spotted dog, but adopting Fairmont is only the beginning. Soon, she's got a new home, a new town, and a new name. A lovely beginning that's spoiled only by the corpse in her otherwise perfect backyard.

Can Zella, Fairmont, and all their new friends in White Sage find the murderer before Zella's fresh new start turns deadly?

©2019 Catherine G. Cobb (P)2021 Catherine G. Cobb

Good story - weird narration

The overall story of the book was good. I didn’t predict the villain although I probably should have. It’s a quick pace, short book. The characters in the storyline were enough to keep me listening even though the narration was really melancholy and weird. The narrator’s voice lacked any sort of change. It was just monotone the whole way through for the most part. Maybe this was the intent. Also the narration from the dogs point of view was weird. In a physical book you don’t have that issue so it could just be dynamics of an audiobook. By the end of the story I had become used to the narrator and the quirkiness of the dog speaking. I liked the story well enough to buy the next book.