The Dog Across the Lake by Krista Davis

The Dog Across the Lake
by Krista Davis

ISBN-13: 9780593436974
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Released: January 2, 2024

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Holly Miller is looking forward to her Oma's upcoming birthday and family reunion. Enjoying an early morning on her terrace, she spots a reddish-gold pooch across the lake and is shocked to find the very same dog smiling at her in bed when she wakes up the next morning! Trixie and Twinkletoes appear to accept this cute stranger, but Holly doesn’t know to whom he belongs.

Oma thinks the dog looks familiar, and it turns out the wayward pooch belongs to Holly’s cousin Josh. Holly knew her cousin well as a child, but she hasn’t seen him in over a decade. He’s camping with his girlfriend across the lake. Holly returns the cute dog to Josh’s campsite twice, but the second time, Josh and his girlfriend are nowhere to be found. Instead, a guest of the Sugar Maple Inn is dead in their tent. Now it's up to Holly and Trixie to suss out a sneaky killer.


My Review:
The Dog Across the Lake is a cozy mystery. It's the 9th book in a series. You don't need to read the previous books to understand this story, and this book didn't spoil the previous ones.

There's a bit of family drama as Oma's children and grandchildren arrived to celebrate her birthday. The mystery was clue-based though not really a puzzle mystery. I actually did guess whodunit long before Holly, but it wasn't based on the clues that Holly was collecting. Holly asked questions and observed people. She tended to jump to conclusions until further information made her doubt those ideas. The characters were interesting and engaging. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this fun mystery.


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