Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter
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Until three years ago, Dixie Hemingway was a deputy with the Sarasota County Sherriff's Department in southwest Florida. Then came a tragic accident. Now Dixie's a pet-sitter on Siesta Key, a lush, exotic barrier island where the people tend to be rich, suntanned, and tolerant of one another's quirks. she likes the animals, they like her, and she doesn't have to deal with people very much. She especially does not have to be afraid that she'll run into a situation that will cause her to lose her hard-won composure. But when Dixie finds a man bizarrely drowned in a cat's water bowl, she is drawn into a tangled web of danger and secrets. Unbeknownst to Lieutenant Guidry, the homicide detective handling the murder, Dixie begins her own investigation into the whereabouts of the cat's owner, who has now vanished. Fans of The Cat Who... book series by Lilian Jackson Braun will adore this riveting new pet-oriented sleuth and will eagerly await Dixie's next case: Will duplicity dog the dachshund?
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I loved this book! My mom recommended it to me, so I was a little skeptical. We tend to like very different books, and the cover and plot sounded kind of hokey. But it was actually a well-developed, interesting mystery. I found Dixie to be an engaging and likable narrator (despite her terrible name—who names a child Michael and then Dixie?!), with a developed character and personality. As someone who respects a plural society, it was also pretty neat to see a gay brother and his partner, intriguing family dynamics, and other things that reflect contemporary issues in the U.S.
My only complaint is that one character's name kept changing! (Harrison to Hamilton and back again throughout the book.) That's a major editorial flub.
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3 primary booksA Dixie Hemingway Mystery is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Blaize Clement.
