This cosy mystery gets under way fast as we learn that a
kidnapping has occurred. Janet MacPhail gets a distress
call from a client - Janet's an animal photographer, and
she has a tracking-trained Australian sheepdog. This time
it's a cat that has vanished, and somehow Janet knows this
will be no CATWALK.
Northern Indiana is the location and the town has a builder
trying to expand and destroy natural wetland environment,
while young troublemakers callously shoot pellets at small
animals - including pet cats. When Janet's wise dog Jay
finds the cat unharmed, everyone is relieved - except the
big, belligerent man in whose property she'd been hiding.
Charles Rasmussen is one of those people who doesn't like
cats. A local group tries to trap, spay or neuter and
rehome or release feral cats, but some townsfolk think cats
are just vermin. Soon after, Rasmussen makes a complaint to
the police about Janet, and she's served with papers for
civil trespass and damage. Rasmussen's a land developer,
and he's also violent to his wife. His sudden death comes a
shock, and his body is found in an extremely strange place.
Amusingly Janet's big ginger cat Leo wants to play on her
dog agility training obstacles, and learns to run along the
course just like a dog. I enjoyed all the animal details,
from the wildfowl on the wetland to the dogs' agility
contest, and there is a hilarious scene where two malamutes
take off after a cat, dragging... no, I'll let you read
it.
Sheila Webster Boneham is the author of many factual
dog books so we can depend on her to get the details
right. There is also a look at residents in a senior
citizens' home who find love late in life and want to
marry, to the apparent displeasure of their offspring.
Young environmentalists want to save the home of the teal
and the red-winged blackbirds, as well as the winter
migratory birds, on wildlife habitats. There's a lot going
on in CATWALK with tempers running hot, and Janet isn't at
all sure that her recent relationship can survive the
stress.
Indiana in winter is the in-place to be with this hectic
and heart-warming animal-themed mystery. I thoroughly
enjoyed CATWALK and I hope Sheila Webster Boneham provides
us with many more excuses to explore the darker side of
human nature and the lighter side of pet ownership.
Book 3 in Midnight Ink's wildly popular animal cozy mystery
series
When animal photographer Janet MacPhail gets a frantic call
from champion dog owner Alberta Shofelter about a "cat-
napping," she and her Australian Shepherd Jay jump in to
assist. Fur flies when the search turns into a nasty run-in
with local big shot Charles Rasmussen, a bully who enjoys
throwing his weight around.
As Rasmussen makes good on his promise to cause trouble,
Janet tries to keep up with her mom's romantic travails,
figure out her own relationship with Tom, and train her
animals for the upcoming agility trials. But when a body is
discovered at the Dog Dayz event, it stops the participants
dead in their tracks—and sets Janet on the trail of a
killer.
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