⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes. I loved the two dogs, and the mystery and suspense were enough to keep me glued to my ereader.

BLURB

Molly Madison packed up her life in small town Massachusetts and moved all the way to California after her husband’s death. On her first day there, Molly and her dog befriended a huge Saint Berdoodle, and Noodle sort of adopted them even though his owner, a super busy doctor, lived just down the road. Molly’s hopes of a quiet life were dashed one day when Noodle dug up a hand on the beach. The local police did some digging and found out that Molly had a few skeletons in her closet, and that made her a suspect in their eyes.

MY THOUGHTS

Descriptions of Molly’s everyday life, feeding, training, and playing with the dogs, chats with her neighbors, errands to the store, and so on fill the pages of this book. You would think that sounds boring, but it’s not. The two dogs are beyond adorable. Molly is looking for a quiet place to start over where no one knows who she is, but she finds herself surrounded with some strange neighbors and even stranger events.

I found this book to a bit of a dichotomy. Molly is quietly going about her day with the dogs playing a prominent role, and it’s all so peaceful. And then suddenly a body pops up almost out of the blue. It certainly kept me on my toes. The identity of the murderer was a big surprise at the end.

It looks to be the start of a new series, and I would love to read more about Molly, Harlow, and Noodle. A Deadly Bone to Pick is more a mystery than anything else. There are some hints of a possible romance and maybe that will be explored more later on. I hope so.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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