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The third novel in the Shady Hollow mystery series, in which Vera Vixen takes on her most challenging case yet: solving the murder of a rat who appears to still be alive.
Change is afoot in Shady Hollow, with an unusually tense election shaping up between long-serving Chief of Police Theodore Meade and Vera's beau, Deputy Orville Braun. But the political tension takes a back seat when resident eccentric Dorothy Springfield becomes convinced her beloved husband, Edward, is dead, and that the rat claiming to be him is actually a fraud.
 
While most of the town dismisses Dorothy's rants as nothing more than a delusion, Vera has her doubts. More than a few things don't add up in the Springfield household, but Vera will have to tread carefully, since, with Orville's attention on the election, she may be more exposed than ever.
 
A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL.
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    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2022

      Narrator Cassandra Campbell returns for the third installment of the "Shady Hollow Mystery" series from Black (Cold Clay). Shady Hollow, a small town in a Beatrix Potteresque world, has yet another mystery in need of solving. Dorothy Springfield is sure her husband Edward has been murdered--despite him standing in front of her and other inhabitants of their sleepy little burgh. Feeling that there is more to the story than Dorothy's mistaken beliefs, intrepid reporter Vera Vixen can't help but investigate. Using her reporter's nose, she sniffs out the clues surrounding the case. With a vast catalogue of audiobook narrations, it's no surprise that Campbell gives a near perfect performance of this novel with her soft-spoken tone. While some might consider the production to sound juvenile, it makes sense when the anthropomorphic animal characters are taken into account. Campbell has the ability to give each creature a voice befitting both their personalities and their species, providing another layer of entertainment to the story and keeping the listener engaged in the tale. VERDICT A true delight, especially for those who enjoy cozy mysteries.--Amanda L. S. Murphy

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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