Guest Post
by Duffy Brown
Pets are the best! They are our constant companions. They love us when we’re bitchy and in our sloppy PJs with no hair combed and when we have the flu. And they train us really well. Here I thought we were supposed to train them! Ha!
Pet joke: What side of the door does the cat like to be on? The other side. That’s why I jump up and down the whole blasted night while trying to watch TV to let my cat in and out of the porch. Am I a well trained owner or what!
Then there’s the food issue. Every three days I bake my cat chicken thighs. Not breasts or legs or wings…but thighs. Then cut into small pieces and served room temp. Not cold and not hot.
And then we have the water glass issue. Know that snotty white cat on TV who eats his kibble out of a crystal glass…that’s my cat’s water bowl. Good grief.
I have two cats, Spooky and Dr. Watson. Dr. Watson was supposed to be for my son, a gift from my daughter. Yeah, right. We all know how the pet for the sibling thing works…parents get the pet! And I got Spooky out of the grocery store parking lot. He was living in the cart area. I herd this pitiful meow and suddenly had a new cat in my life.
If I didn’t have cats I’d have a dog. I know they are more work but they are always happy. Something about a wagging tail will cure any depression, a gift from the pet gods. I have a dog…the other Bruce Willis…in my Consignment Shop mystery series.
In Geared for the Grave there are two cats, Bambino and Cleveland. Here’s a little about Bambino:
I dropped my duffle and snagged a cue, aimed for the far pocket and sailed the yellow-striped ball across the felt till Rudy plucked it right off the table. “Hey, why’d you do that? I nailed that shot.”
Rudy scooped his hand into the pocket, dragging out a sleepy black and white kitten. “Bambino hangs out there, left pocket’s off limits.” Rudy balanced on one crutch–he was a one-crutch kind of guy. “So, Chicago, what brings a pool shark to my doorstep this time of night?”
Tell me about your pet. Where does he hang out? How does he have you trained? I’ll give away two Geared for the Grave totes from the answers.
Have a meowing-good day.
Duffy
About the Author:
I love anything with a mystery. While other girls dreamed of dating Brad Pitt, I longed to take Sherlock Holmes to the prom. I live in Cincinnati, have two cats, Spooky and Dr. Watson, my license plate is Sherlok and I now conjure up who-done-it stories of my very own for Berkley Prime Crime. I am a national bestselling author and my Consignment Shop Mystery series is set in Savannah and the CyclePath Mysteries are set on Mackinac Island.
Mackinac Island is a peaceful summer resort town where everyone coasts through the streets on bicycles. But after someone sends a prominent local on her final ride, it’s up to one resourceful visitor to get things running again…
Hoping to shift her chances of a promotion in her favor, Evie Bloomfield heads to Mackinac Island to assist her boss’s father. Rudy Randolph has broken his leg and operating his bike shop, Rudy’s Rides, is too much to handle by himself. But Evie’s good turn only leads to more trouble…
After Evie’s arrival, wealthy resident Bunny Harrington dies in what looks like a freak bike accident. Upon closer inspection, Bunny’s brakes were tampered with, and now the prime suspect in her murder is also Bunny’s number one enemy: Rudy. So if Evie hopes to stay on her boss’s good side, she’ll need to steer Rudy clear of jail. Now she must quickly solve this mystery so she can put the brakes on the real killer’s plan…
Jennifer’s Review of Geared For The Grave
Review (3.75 Stars): I love Ms. Brown’s Consignment Shop Mysteries so I was very excited to hear that she was starting a brand new series. Evie Bloomfield has had her run of bad luck and is hoping that will all change when she arrives at Mackinac Island. Hoping for a promotion, she agrees to visit her boss’s father, Rudy, who just happens to be recuperating from a broken leg and currently runs a bike shop on the island. Shortly after Evie’s arrival, Rudy becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a wealthy resident and it is up to Evie to help find the real murderer or run the risk of losing her job back home. The only problem is that Evie is having a hard time finding someone on Mackinac Island that didn’t want the victim dead and the true killer will do anything to keep the truth from coming out.
Evie was a fun character that always seemed to find herself in the middle of trouble. She was a bit of a klutz but her heart was in the right place and she was trying to prevent Rudy from being arrested for a crime that he didn’t commit. Mackinac Island was full of interesting and crazy characters that made this mystery entertaining and I’m looking forward to seeing how Evie acclimates to her new small-town surroundings after being in Chicago for so long. The only thing was that the mystery was a little on the slow side for me but I’m sure things will definitely pick up in the next installment of this mystery series.
Giveaway
I’m excited to give away a copy of Geared For The Grave. This giveaway is for US Residents only. To be entered in the drawing by December 10th, answer Ms. Brown’s question from above in the comments:
Looks great; thank you for the chance to win 🙂
jslbrown2009(at)aol(dot)com
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a pet. We live in a co-op apartment and the “Bored of Directors” ruled no dogs. I had a mini schnauzer when I was in my teens named “Cuddles”. She was supposed to be Mommy Dearest’s pet but I of course was given the job of taking care of her. She had no regular place to hang out other then her her own bed. I did teach her to bite my kid brother whenever he annoyed me.
Thanks for having this marvelous giveaway and I hope I am lucky enough to win.
My husband and I have two cats and they pretty much hang out wherever they like. Usually some place odd like on top of the kitchen cabinets or right in our faces. They are just so cute that we almost always let them get away with it. Our younger cat will bring us his toys like he’s killed them, meowing all the way down the hallway, carrying it in his mouth and dropping it in our laps and then proceeds to curl up on his back for us to pet him until he falls asleep. They are never boring.
Unfortunately, I don’t have any pets right now (and the free range wolf spiders in my house don’t count). The dog down the street is always glad to see me for a scritching though.
Don’t have a pet
We have a Tuxedo cat that we rescued as a kitten. She’s the most loving cat we’ve ever had and wants her ears scratched or her belly rubbed a lot. Once in a while she wants alone time and goes and hides, but in just a bit she’s had enough of that. She loves sitting at our sliding glass doors and looking outside at the dogs. She loves trying to open doors. She also has a bit of dog in her I think because every time the doorbell rings she goes flying to the door to see who is there, and she follows our son around like a dog would. We’ve had quite a few cats, but she has a personality like no other cat we’ve seen. I’ve always been a dog lover, but my son likes cats so we’ve always had both. Boots is the first to turn this dog lover into a dog and cat lover.
I don’t have any pets right now. My dog passed away after 16 years.
My mom and I currently have this adorable petite tortie cat. She pretty much has claimed the entire place as her own. The most common spots to find her in is somewhere on either the armchair or couch, on her Hello Kitty blanket on my mother’s wheelchair, the bed (where on there is a question for each time we go looking for her), at either of the windows, or on any box that has been deemed hers (a.k.a. all of them). All she has to do is meow or get up next to us and she will have our attention.
This seems like it’s a very interesting book and thank you for the chance to win.