A rollicking start to a new cozy series from USA
Today bestselling author Diana Orgain, featuring a
loveable heroine and a colorful band of dog lovers who
gather regularly with their pets at their local watering
hole
With side-splitting humor, an irresistible
cast of characters-both human and canine-and an intimate
small town setting, Yappy Hour is sure to delight
fans of Rita Mae Brown and Diane Kelly. Every Friday night
in the idyllic seaside town of Pacific Cove, CA, the Roundup
Crew, a group of dog-loving friends, meet at a neighborhood
wine bar for Yappy Hour. When Rachel, the owner,
mysteriously leaves town and asks her sister, Maggie (who is
neither pet friendly nor business savvy), to run the bar in
her absence, things get complicated fast. Maggie arrives to
open up and finds a body sprawled on the floor, and even
worse, an incriminating letter with Rachel's name on it
nearby. On impulse, she hides the letter from the hunky
detective, Officer Brad Brooks, who's dispatched to the
scene.
When Rachel is declared the top suspect by the
police, Maggie decides to investigate on her own. She
reopens the bar and gets to know the members of the Roundup
Crew, including chief organizer Yolanda, who never goes
anywhere without her signature strappy stilettos or her
Yorkie Beepo. Maggie juggles searching for clues, trying to
locate Rachel, and serving up Doggie Daiquiris, Muttguaritas
and homemade Arf D'Oeuvres-until another body turns up. The
Roundup Crew must step in and save the bar, and it seems the
only way to do that will be to solve the mystery and turn
Maggie into a dog-lover in this charming, light-hearted cozy.