Deadly Gamble: A Girl and Her Dog Cozy Mystery

from BraveNewBks

Better than most of the mysteries I've read so far this year. I liked that the main character followed up a LOT of different leads in different directions, but there was a fairly lengthy period where she just seemed not to be getting anywhere, so the resolution, once it came, was very quick by co...

from cyderry

Charlie (Charlotte) Parker works with her brother at their investigation business - he's the PI and she's the accountant, so when he's out-of-town and her former best friend needs help, Charlie sets out to fill in. When the problems continue to escalate for her former friend, Charlie pushes on to...

from jwals

Charlie Parker is an accountant and partner with her brother in their own small private investigations firm. Although she is not an investigator, as her brother is out of town, she decides to help out an old school friend Stacy, to find her missing Rolex. After a bit of amateur sleuthing she turn...

from cissa

For good and ill, this is not really a "cozy"; it's a bit too cynical, and definitely too un-wrapped-up for that. The dog is extraneous; nothing would have changed without the dog. The dog was not even particularly interesting, even as comic relief- and if Charlie can't spend more time with him, ...

from wearylibrarian

I tried to get into this book but it just wouldn't click. There is a fine line between too much boring detail and enough descriptive detail to allow the reader to feel he is there in the middle of the action. Unfortunately, this book falls on the wrong side of the line.