Friday, May 14, 2021

Another good K-9 mystery...

 

The Hiding Place
 by Paula Munier is the third book about Mercy Carr and her Belgian Malinois, Elvis. And there's a lot on Mercy's plate in this one. She just got handed one of her grandfather's cold cases involving a young woman named Beth Kilgore who went missing twenty years ago. George Rucker, the man who killed her grandfather twenty years ago, just escaped from prison. Mercy still hasn't repaired her relationship with Game Warden Troy Warner. And an army vet just showed up at her front door claiming Elvis is really his dog. Things go from bad to worse when someone delivers a pipe bomb to her grandmother's front door.

Even though there's a lot going on in this book, the focus remains on Mercy and Elvis ... and Troy and his Newfie Susie Bear. I really love these characters! I enjoyed their investigation, and that unexpected twist at the end. And I love the snowy Vermont setting. As always, Munier's writing is good. And Mercy isn't quite so stubborn and hard-headed this time around; she only makes one really stupid decision. Luckily, Elvis rectifies it fairly quickly. Because he's awesome. All the dogs in this book are awesome. It's one of the reasons I love this series so much. 

Happy Reading!

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38 comments:

  1. You had me with snowy, Vermont setting and the K-9 Elvis:)

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    1. Elvis is the best! And I do love that Vermont setting. :D

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  2. I need more books featuring dogs in my life. This sounds really good.

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    1. It's a fun series. And the dogs make it even better. :)

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  3. Oh my! It sounds like Mercy is dealing with a lot in this book! It sounds like an awesome read. :)

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  4. Wow, sure sounds like there's a lot going on in this book.

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    1. There really was a lot going on in this one.

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  5. I have the first two in this series on my Kindle ready to start. I might read the first one next. :-)

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    1. It's a good one! I really like Mercy and her dog, Elvis. :)

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  6. I've really been enjoying this series, too.

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    1. Me, too! It's a lot of fun. Thanks for commenting. :)

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  7. Do you know, for the longest time I had no idea what K-9 meant? Even Google was surprisingly Not Helpful. Then I -- very slowly -- realized the friendly dog angle! K-9 of course sounds like "canine". 😂

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    1. :D Things like that happen to me, too. In fact, it took me awhile to figure out that PNR meant paranormal romance.

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  8. I've read the first book, and I think I have the newest one as an audio book, but haven't read the second.

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    1. I liked the second one almost as much as this one. :)

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  9. I'm a huge dog lover, and I can't ignore a mystery, so this is the perfect combo for me. I'll have to look into this series.

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  10. Poor Mercy, she's got her hands full! Glad to hear the series continues to be a good one!

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  11. What a cool series - though I hare to admit my first response was: just tell me no-one takes Elvis — even though I know he is such an important part of this book!

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    1. It worried me through the entire book! (But things work out okay at the end.) :)

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  12. I've really got to work one of these into my schedule because they sound great. I'm a dog lover from way back, so these sound perfect.

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    1. And the dogs in this one are so great. Elvis especially! :D

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  13. I love seeing dogs in books. This sounds great.

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    1. And the dogs in this book are so great! You can't help but love them. :)

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  14. This sounds excellent. I love the setting and I love dogs in books!!

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  15. I love the sound of the setting as well. snowy Vermont... nice. Why do I love cold settings for mysteries? I really seem to though.

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    1. Cold, snowy settings and mysteries just go together! Like chocolate and peanut butter. :)

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  16. The snowy setting and the dogs are enough to get me interested in this series. :)

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    1. You should definitely give this series a try. I think you'd really like Mercy and Elvis. :)

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  17. I'm such a sucker for a book that features dogs, lol.

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    1. Me, too. Especially when they're as well-written as this one.

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  18. Love K-9 mysteries! The dogs make it so much more! :)

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  19. This sounds like an awesome series for dog lovers! I love the fact that this K-9 sub-genre exists!

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    1. I do, too! They're becoming some of my favorite series. :)

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