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Notoriously Neat

Notoriously Neat, April 2009
Grime Solvers Mystery #3
by Suzanne Price

Signet
Featuring: Sky Taylor
272 pages
ISBN: 0451226593
EAN: 9780451226594
Paperback
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"Animals run amok when a vet is murdered"

Fresh Fiction Review

Notoriously Neat
Suzanne Price

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Posted July 30, 2009

Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Mystery Pet Lovers

Professional cleaner Sky Taylor has become notorious in the small town of Pigeon Cove. Unfortunately, it's not for her superb cleaning but rather her knack for finding dead bodies. Murder is the last thing on her mind while she's on her first date with Alex Vega, the town's police chief. But after a menagerie of animals comes parading through the restaurant where they're dining, they learn that the town's favorite veterinarian has been murdered. Since no one at the crime scene speaks Spanish, Sky comes along to translate for Dr. Gail Pilsner's young kennel assistant, Orlando Rios. He claims three men broke into the office, ransacking it and freeing the boarded animals. Orlando's story has some holes in it so he's arrested for murdering Dr. Pilsner. Sky doesn't believe that Orlando has it in him to kill anyone, so she endeavors to aid his defense. Who would want to kill Dr. Pilsner? Why was her office trashed but no drugs stolen? Will the police chief ask Sky out again after their disastrous first date? What's going on with Sky's best friend, Chloe Edwards? Why is she sneaking out of her B&B and driving off with a strange man? Will Skiball, Sky's cat, be okay without Dr. Pilsner's loving vet care? NOTORIOUSLY NEAT is a charming mystery for cozy lovers. Readers can understand this third book in Ms. Price's Grime Solvers mystery series without reading the previous books. This isn't the kind of story where readers can figure out the killer and the motive for murder in advance. So just enjoy the story and go along for the ride. Cleaning tips are included throughout the book as a bonus.

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SUMMARY

Murder is so unsanitary...

Professional cleaner Sky Taylor and her potential new beau— the town’s police chief—are on their first dinner date when they’re interrupted by a stampede of household pets running through the restaurant. Someone’s murdered Dr. Gail Pilsner, Pigeon Cove’s hugely popular veterinarian, releasing all the critters boarded at her clinic.

Then when one of the singers in a vocal group, the La Dee Das, is murdered, Sky must uncover the link between the veterinarian and the songbirds—before a killer finishes cleaning house.


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