Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake

Furbidden Fatality
by Deborah Blake

ISBN-13: 9780593201503
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Berkley
February 23rd 2021


Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Kari Stuart's life has no driving purpose--until she unexpectedly wins the lottery. The twenty-nine-year-old instant multimillionaire is still mulling plans for her winnings when trying to rescue a bossy black kitten leads her to a semiabandoned animal shelter. They need the cash--Kari needs a purpose.

But the dilapidated rescue is literally going to the dogs with a pending lawsuit, hard to adopt animals, vandalism, and too much attention from the town's dog warden. When the warden turns up dead outside the shelter's dog kennels, Kari becomes the main suspect. With the help of some dedicated volunteers, a cute vet, and a kitten who mysteriously shows up just when she needs it, Kari must prove her innocence all while trying to save a dog on death row.


My Review:
Furbidden Fatality is a cozy mystery. Looking for a heroine with more money than sense? At least Kari adopted a cute kitten that also happened to be a good detective. Kari wasn't a bad detective, but she started out just wanting to shift the blame onto someone else. She needed the help of quite a few people to even begin to ask the right questions about what was going on. I had most of the criminal scenario figured out from the beginning, so it seemed like she took a very long time to come to the same conclusions. My main problem with Kari, though, was that she seemed to go out of her way to be rude to the very people who could make the most trouble for her. All because she couldn't stand men who were bullies, and she seemed to think men were bullies if they had an opinion different than hers. I just kept groaning at how her attitude kept making things unnecessarily worse for her. There was no sex. There was occasional use of bad language.


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