A BITE OF DEATH [Hardcover]

Susan Conant (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Diamond Books (1993)
• ASIN: B001647DZ4
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,278,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts. The best friends of my childhood were pointers named Stuffy and Nonny. I had imaginary companions as well: a cat named Thirsty Melirsty Medrinkable, a family of dogs, and parents called Mommy and Daddy Suh. Thirsty and the dog family slowly faded away. The Suhs, however, perished suddenly; they ate fish guts and died. My career as a mystery writer thus began in early childhood: I invented animals, and I killed off fictional human beings.

Now, many decades later, I live just outside Boston. My husband is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Cambridge. Our daughter, Jessica, who is also my coauthor, lives in New Hampshire with her husband and their young son. My husband and I have an Alaskan malamute, Django (pronounced 'Jango') and two Chartreux cats, Kansas City (K.C.) and Shadow Celeste. The malamutes in my Holly Winter books are composites, but the cats in Scratch the Surface, Edith and Brigitte, are portraits of my own Chartreux.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woo-woo-woo Mom!, April 21, 1998

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KitchenSharkMama "MicahBina" (NC,, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Bite of Death (Paperback)

Ms. Conant has deliveres so many quality mysteries with dogs as a key player. I have read them all and this is one of my faves. Well worth the read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bite of Death, September 6, 2008

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Rebecca A. Dobry "Buckeroo" (Greeneville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Bite of Death (Paperback)

Having read the entire "The Cat Who . . . ." series, I was thrilled to find the dog's lovers answer written by Susan Conant. "A Bite of Death" is the third book
in this series. Rowdy & Kimi are still delighting readers with their antics as dog
detectives. Holly Winter is continuing on with her sleuting. Wonderful mystery entertainment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I too am a dog lover., August 12, 2006

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S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Bite of Death (Paperback)

I love this series, and the heroine's take on dogs and living with dogs is right on! Holly Winter compares everything to life in a dog's world, and it's surprising how it parallels human instances. I really am enjoying this series, and the mysteries aren't bad either. There is a little bit of "shock value" in each one. This particular book deals with psycho therapists and their lives with their clients. I really like Holly too. She's a straight-shooter who doesn't let anything phaze her. Great little series.