When dog show champion Sylvia Steadman and local sandwich maker Sally Wilde are both suspiciously found dead, the three feisty ladies put their head together to “unofficially” investigate the deaths and determine if there is some sort of connection between them.
What follows is a funny, zany, mad-cap adventure of three retirees trying to solve a case the police can’t seem to figure out, all while determining which facts are clues and which are misdirections.
Boland does a great job of creating characters — some that are truly delightful and some that will rile up the reader, including a few new ones that add greatly to the plot. As usual, he also builds a fun storyline filled with red herrings and creativity.
Fans of series like Richard Osman’s “The Thursday Murder Club,” Robert Thorogood’s “The Marlow Murder Club” and authors like Agatha Christie will enjoy “Death at the Dog Show,” which is due out Dec. 5.
Five stars out of five.
Joffe Books provided this complimentary copy through NetGalley for my honest, unbiased review.
“Death at the Dog Show” (Charity Shop Detective Agency Mysteries, #3) by Peter Boland