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Paws and Claws Mystery Series

Cooking the Books: A Good Dog’s Guide to Murder by Krista Davis

By Doreen Sheridan

September 14, 2022

Thanksgiving is coming to the pet-loving town of Wagtail, Virginia! With the holiday comes their annual Dog and Cat Gingerbread House Contest, drawing dozens of entrants from all over the country with its lucrative cash prizes. This year, the competition will be held in the newly built convention center on land bequeathed to the town…

Cooking the Books: The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Krista Davis

By Doreen Sheridan

February 5, 2020

The pet-loving town of Wagtail, Virginia, is all aflutter at the imminent arrival of Pippin, America’s Favorite Dog. Soon to star in a new sitcom, Pippin along with his handler, Jim, and the rest of the main cast of the show have been sent to stay at the Sugar Maple Inn for some quality bonding…

Cooking the Books: Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis

By Doreen Sheridan

November 29, 2017

With my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, sadly over, we can now turn to a Christmas theme guilt-free! Well, guilt-free except on the part of a murderer who is menacing Wagtail, Virginia, during what should be the most wonderful time of the year. Wagtail is famed as a town as friendly to pets as to people, and…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: November 2017

By Crime HQ

October 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we offered up tricks and treats with great October cozies; this month, give thanks for all these amazing November reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait…

Cooking the Books: Mission Impawsible by Krista Davis

By Doreen Sheridan

February 22, 2017

I’ve greatly enjoyed Krista Davis’s Domestic Diva series, so I was quite excited to check out her Paws and Claws series—even though I’m jumping in here on the 5th book, Mission Impawsible. In the pet-friendly but entirely fictional, alas, town of Wagtail, Virginia, Holly Miller runs the Sugar Maple Inn with her sprightly grandmother, Oma.…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: February, 2017

By Crime HQ

January 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we rang in the 2017 with some great January releases; this month, get out of the snow and curl up with February's cozies! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you…

Now Win This!: Cozy Corner Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

February 2, 2016

Winter is here—cozy up with your chance to win 20 (yep, you read that right: 20) amazing titles. Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to…

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