Dog Collar Crime (Paperback)

by Melissa Cleary (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
In their second adventure, Cleary's ( A Tail of Two Murders ) amateur sleuth Jackie Walsh and her retired police dog, Jake, track down the culprit responsible for murder at the local kennel: Melvin Sweeten, kennel owner and breeder of prize-winning basset hounds, is found in a dog run, strangled with a choke collar. Though beloved by his bassets, Melvin was less popular with several people. The night he died, he had a particularly acrimonious meeting with Dog Fanciers Assn. members Thalia Gilmore and Dick Buzone. Even Amy, Mel's quietly unhappy wife, was waiting for her dog-obsessed husband to notice her enough to divorce her. Jackie is sufficiently intrigued to talk to the widow and do some nosing around the dog-show circuit to get a sense of Mel's milieu. Meanwhile Jackie's friend, Lt. Michael McGowan of the Palmer P.D., learns that Mel had more money salted away than seemed possible on his earnings. The tale is lightweight and standard enough that its doggy appeal is its prime one. And readers may be put off by an evidence problem: the murderer fabricated evidence that is presented to us as corroborated by another source.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Film professor Jackie Walsh and ex-police dog Jake step in to investigate when Mel Sweeten is strangled with a dog collar at his very own dog academy. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425148572
• ISBN-13: 978-0425148570
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,315,395 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacks believability, February 27, 1998

By A Customer

The first few books in this series were interesting, especially to a dog lover and a mystery buff, but in the first chapter of this one, when the dog Jake removed an earring from Jackie's ear while she was driving, examined it, THEN REPLACED IT IN HER EAR!, the series dropped to the bottom of my personal buy-list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Much Better!, October 31, 2003

By A Customer

After a disappointing start of the series with "A Tail of Two Murders", this second installment is on the mark.
The characters are gaining depth, are becoming more likable and easier to identify with. Don't expect too much in the complicated plot department, though, this is supposed to be a cozy mystery after all.
I liked this book and recommend it as a nice, easy read to cuddle up on the couch with.

3.0 out of 5 stars Tennessee maybe?, June 22, 2006

By	Lauren White (Keosauqua, IA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The reviewer from Cape Cod may be generally accurate, but maps do show Kentucky's neighbor to the south, Tennessee, contains both a Palmer, southeast of Nashville, and a Boston, southwest of Nashville.