Trust the Terrier

A Coral Shores Veterinary Mystery

By: DL Mitchell

Narrated by: Kay Webster

As the new owner of the Coral Shores Veterinary Hospital, Dr. Emily Benton is in over her head. When she makes a house call at the home of her client, Mrs. Eliza Klein, she finds the woman's terrier, Elvis, in a state of distress and Mrs. Klein face down on the floor-dead. Emily immediately contacts her brother, Deputy Sheriff Duncan Benton, for help.

The cause of death is later determined to be nicotine poisoning, triggering an official murder investigation. Who would want to kill a retired piano teacher best known for her animal charity work?

Emily is caught up in the middle of the drama when she brings Elvis into her home. The little terrier's strong canine instincts drag Emily further into the investigation, putting them both at risk. While Emily and her best friend, Anthony, take on the role of amateur sleuths, Emily's brother and his very handsome colleague, Detective Mike Lane, work to uncover the truth and get justice for both Mrs. Klein and Elvis.

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Critic reviews

"You'll fall in love with Elvis, the spunky little dog who is an excellent judge of character, and Emily, the compassionate veterinarian-sleuth who rescues him." –Sharon Marchisello, author of Secrets of the Galapagos

The excellent story

I like this story very much however, the reader had a very difficult voice for me to associate with. I almost gave it up, but I like the story so I continued, but I will not read another book with this reader.

Cozy Mystery

Enjoyed the story and characters. Totally did not care for the audio reader. She sounded like saccharine. Too much sugar. Wish I just read the book instead of listening to it

Narration

Voice control and editing were really sub-par. I’ll assume everyone was new to the job. I wish them a short learning curve.

Hard to listen to.

I did not like the narrator. She made it hard to listen. Which made me to not like the characters.

How many ways can dull be said

Because an AUDIO book is sound as in narrator’s voice reading words from pages … narrator’s tone etc is extremely important m.
Narrator sounded like an extremely elderly person trying to sound young. Huge minus! And story alone falls flat also. Save your credit