Pumpkins, Paws and Murder (A Dickens & Christie Mystery)

Book overview Description Editorial Reviews The Fall Fête isn’t very festive when an illusionist is discovered dead.

Can an expat and her talking pets crash the killer’s party?Retirement in the Cotswolds has given Leta Parker a new lease on life.

Growing close to her small-town pals, the former corporate trainer is thrilled to help them put on the village’s annual autumn celebration.

But the punch goes sour when a friend’s estranged magician husband is found murdered.With the newly widowed woman the prime suspect, Leta leaps into action with spunky friends and her talking dog and cat to clear her name.

But when they trace the lecherous victim to England’s picturesque southern coast, they discover a long list of past lovers who’d be happy to see the sleight-of-wandering-hands womanizer permanently disappeared.Can Leta expose the truth, or will this investigation be her final trick?Pumpkins, Paws & Murder is the second book in the lighthearted Dickens & Christie cozy mystery series.

If you like compelling characters, talkative four-legged friends, and journeys full of action and humor, then you’ll love Kathy Manos Penn’s playful tale.