Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries Book 3)

Readers raved about bestselling author Blaize Clement’s Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter. Now, Floridian pet-sitting sleuth Dixie Hemingway puts her nine lives back on the line in EVEN CAT SITTERS GET THE BLUES Dixie has a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The day she happens upon the dead body outside a fancy mansion is no different. She’s had her fill of homicide investigations, so she leaves the gate-keeper’s corpse to be found by somebody else. Unfortunately, that somebody else sees Dixie leaving the scene of the crime, and the fatal bullet might have even come from her own gun! To make matters worse, the owner of the mansion is Dixie’s new client—a scientist who is either a genius, insane, or both—whose pet iguana is under her charge. All that, plus a feisty calico kitten that needs some TLC, means that time is running out for Dixie to cat nip this case in the bud… and collar the killer. “Clement mixes chick lit and biotech research in this lively adventure.”— Library Journal “Gutsy, sexy…Dixie is Siesta Key’s favorite pet sitter.”— Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Will have readers begging for more treats.”— Lansing State Journal Jo Ann Vicarel - Library Journal Former cop-turned-pet sitter Dixie Hemingway ( Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues ) has gone numb since the deaths of her husband and her three-year-old daughter. Upon meeting Laura Halston, she thinks she's made a new friend, but there is something strange about Laura. When she is murdered, Dixie must investigate. A side plot concerns a young boy and his medical difficulties that require him to have a seizure alert dog. In her fourth outing, Dixie begins to relate to people again, but Clement loses sight of the need for tight plotting. Readers who enjoy Carol Lea Benjamin's dog mysteries might like this one. [Library marketing campaign.] "Dixie has a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The day she happens upon the dead body outside a fancy mansion is no different. She's had her fill of homicide investigations, so she leaves the gatekeeper's corpse to be found by somebody else. Unfortunately that somebody else sees Dixie leaving the scene of the crime, and the fatal bullet might have even come from her own gun! To make matters worse, the owner of the mansion is Dixie's new client - a scientist who is either a genius, insane, or both - whose pet iguana is under her charge. All that plus a feisty calico kitten that needs some TLC, means that time is running out for Dixie to 'cat'nip this case in the bud ... and collar the killer." Book cover Dixie Hemingway has a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The day she happens upon the dead body outside a fancy mansion is no different. She's had her fill of homicide investigations, so she leaves the gate-keeper's corpse to be found by somebody else. Unfortunately, that somebody else sees Dixie leaving the scene of the crime, and the fatal bullet might have even come from her own gun! To make matters worse, the owner of the mansion is Dixie's new client—a scientist who is either a genius, insane, or both—whose pet iguana is under her charge. All that, plus a feisty calico kitten that needs some TLC, means that time is running out for Dixie to cat nip this case in the bud... and collar the killer. Tired of becoming involved in homicide investigations, Florida pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway does not report stumbling upon the corpse of a mansion gate-keeper, a resolve that is complicated when someone reports her presence at the scene of the crime Tired of being involved in murder investigations, Dixie ignores the body she finds, but the next person to find it also saw Dixie leaving the scene