The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer: Paws & Claws Mystery Series #2

It's "Howloween" at the Sugar Maple Inn and Holly has finally gotten moved into her suite at the inn but has yet to unpack. Boxes line her rooms, but Trixie, her dog and Twinkletoes, her cat, don't mind because they like to play amongst the packings. Holly hasn't had time to unpack or to do anything on her own time because the Inn is very busy at the moment with the arrival of the ghost hunting group, The Apparition Apprehenders have a television program and they'll be filming their ghost hunt at the old Wagtail Springs Hotel which has been unoccupied for a long time. It does happen to be where paranormal activity sometimes takes place and the townspeople tend to stay their distance from it. By the creepy old hotel, there is a gazebo that has some water in the center. When Holly goes to the hotel and the most famous of the haunting spots, the gazebo, her dog and cat know something isn't right, and upon looking in the gazebo, she finds a dead body. The scene is very similar to the legend of the haunting that took place there long ago.Officer Dave Quinlan is the first person who is always called at the first sign of trouble, and in this second book in Krista Davis's series, he has his hands full and a lot of sleepless nights ahead of him. There are other guests staying in the inn, and it seems like everyone is suspicious of everyone else when it comes to the murder. To top it off, a strange but handsome man has appeared in town and he is up to something suspicious himself. Holly's friend Holmes is in town again and to put the icing on the cake, her former boyfriend shows up trying to win her back.Holly has a missing cat on her hands, too, when ghost hunter Eva Chevalier can't find her Siamese cat, Mrs. Mewer. Another mystery to solve when things are bad enough!This is a delightful mystery made more fun by the very interesting and sometimes quirky characters that the author has fully fleshed out. I love Holly's ways of shortening her duties and the fact that she can get ready for a party, work or about anything in a few minutes and look passable. Aunt Birdie is still Aunt Birdie and it is beyond me how Holly keeps her patience with her. I would be crazier than Aunt Birdie.I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I have reserved the next one in the series. I'm looking forward to it.

Holly and her grandmother runs the SugarMaple Inn in Wagtail, VA. The town has beenconverted into a vacation place for pets andtheir owners. The pets get fed dishes from amenu which is made animal friendly.This week the Apparition Apprehender GhostTeam have rented the Inn. Plus they are twoother interesting guests.The Ghost Team will be filming a ghost TVseries from the haunted Wagtail Springs Hoteland Holly’s Aunt Birdie Dupuy’s Home. Theywill be investigating local supernatural legendsinvolving paranormal phenomenon and an oldmurder mystery.This is the week of Wagtail’s Howloween festivities.Pets dress up and trick or trick. The town has goneall out with creative, real like and scary decorations.The bars are serving drinks called Voodoo Witch’sBrew, Black Widow Martini, Once Bitten, Bewitchedand Hocus Pocus.Then there is a murder. The woman killed was withthe ghost hunters. She was dressed as the ghost ofBecca Waite who is said to inhabit the Wagtail SpringsHotel. But something is not right...the Doc claims therewas no foul play. He claims the woman tripped, bumpedher head in several inches of water.Neither Holly or the investigating officer agree. So offHolly goes accompanied by her furry friends not onlyprove it was murder but to help solve the murder.Holly is also involved in helpful and protecting herfriend, Clementine who with her children hasreturned to the family’s farm. Clementine has losteverything when her husband’s fraud investmentscam was discovered. She is now being haunted bypersons who think she has a cache of diamonds. Sheadds flavor to the storyAll the human characters are well defined, colorful,very interesting and dimensional.Yo will meet a variety of fur babies. There is Holly’sTwinkletoes (the Calico Cat), her dog, Trixie ( a JackRussell, her grandmother‘s dog, Gingersnap ( aGolden Retriever). The guest’s fur babies includeCasper (a Weimaraner dog) and Mrs Mewer ( aSiamese cat).Plenty of suspense, mystery, murder, suspects,ghosts plus drama mixed with humor and romance.Description for both the pets and their humansfoods in the book were mouthwatering. There arerecipes are included at the end of the book.Plus the setting is beautifully described.

Enjoyed this second in a series about a pet-friendly town with no cars! The author supposedly has a brood of cats. Why then does she write about people dressing up cats (99% of cats hate this), and cats just running around free with dogs, especially at a parade. Many dogs will chase cats, it would seem very unwise to just let them run around together. Why not include pet rats running around free as well and see how that works out?Also, most cats tend to be loners and don't like strange cats, whereas dogs are pack animals and do enjoy the company of other dogs.Another problem with the book is that Mark tells everyone he has broken up with Mallory, hadn't had much of a relationship before that, and hasn't seen her in a year, yet everyone feels he should be in mourning over her death. Why? One of the inn's workers, Zelda, is a suspect in the murder because she is interested in Felix, and Mallory had been flirting with Felix. Huh??? Zelda had met Felix just the day before. Why on earth could anyone be so stupid as to think someone would murder over a man she barely knew? And then there is the screaming. There was entirely too much screaming going on in the book. Irritating. Holly seems to scream at anything. Another problem is the boarding habits. Mark let Mallory stay in his house when she shows up unannounced, and Holly lets her old boyfriend Ben stay in her apartment when he just shows up. Would anyone be that silly? The excuse is that the hotels and inn is booked up. Tough. And a bit of sloppy research - the books says that (this is the end of October), by 8:30 PM, the sun had set. Huh? It would have set 2 hours before that, wouldn't it?

Welcome to Howloween in Wagtail, Where spooky things are afoot!In the second book of the Paws and Claws mysteries, finds Holly Miller just moved back to Wagtail to take up shared running of The Sugar Maple Inn with her grandmother (Oma) Liesel Miller.With the Inn full up with ghost hunters to record sighting at the allegedly haunted creepy old Wagtail Springs Hotel, making a fly-on-the-walk ghost sighting programme.When Holly finds a young woman floating in the spring in the gazebo, the doctor pronounces 'death by drowning', but Holly and Dave, the sheriff are convinced it was murder!With her terrier Trixie and her cat Twinkletoes, they start to sniff out the clues to the identity of the killer...before she become the next victim!Love this fun series and can't wait to read more! With a great set of characters, well plotted and written, it a must read series.

Second in the series and have now ordered the third book as find books so enjoyable to read. Love all the characters including the furry ones!

This has been one of my favourite Kindle finds. I love this characters and the whole idea of a pet-centred town. The books are a fun read with only a hint of romance which I am very happy to read again. Can't wait for book three.

I probably enjoyed this more than the first book as I was familiar with the characters. I would love to live somewhere like Wagtail.

I enjoyed this book. Look forward to the next one in the series.