"Delightful whimsical and humorous mystery"
Holly Winter, proud owner of two beloved malamutes Kimi and
Rowdy, is going through some hard times. She is recovering
from a case of amnesia and related neurological problems,
while trying to adjust to the fact that her long time lover
and vet, Steve Delaney, married somebody else. To add
injury to insult, Steve's wife is somebody Kelly absolutely
despises for good reasons. To get her mind off her personal problems, Holly spends
some time with a group of pet owners and their dogs in a
beautiful park in Newton, Mass. One of the members, Sylvia
has a golden retriever named Zsa-Zsa who is rambunctious to
the point of being dangerous. It is a shock when Holly and
some other member of the group find Sylvia dead in the
park, killed by a bullet in her chest. Holly goes into her
sleuth mode and tries to ferret out the perpetrator. It has been a long time since Susan Conant has written a
book about everyone's favorite malamutes but the poignant
mystery was well worth the wait. The relationship the
heroine and her canines share is precious to behold while
Holly's sense of justice encourages her to take risks that
most people would not. THE WICKED FLEA is a delightful
whimsical and humorous mystery that shows off the
attributes of humans and canines that are rather similar in
nature. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted February 7, 2002
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