Because everybody in town loves Joe Elkins and his coffee shop.

This time around, it’s more of a case of intrepid investigative reporter Vera Vixen doing her level best to prove that the obvious suspect isn’t the actual guilty party. The case was all about whittling down the list of who might have done it because motives, at least on the surface, were all too easy to imagine. In the first story, two of the village’s less popular residents became what everyone believed were the town’s first murder victims in seemingly ever. As it proved in the first book in this series, named for the town where the mystery takes place, Shady Hollow. Even when the victim and/or the perpetrator are not actually equipped with any or all of those accouterments. In this particular case, the small town is Shady Hollow and the coziness includes more than a bit of fur.īut also more than a bit of quite literal teeth and claws. OK, so the Shady Hollow series is ostensibly a story about extremely anthropomorphized animals acting like the standard characters in a small town cozy mystery. She'll do anything to prove his innocence.even if it means digging into secrets her neighbors would rather leave buried. It seems like an open-and-shut case, but dogged reporter Vera Vixen doesn't believe gentle Joe is a killer. Soon, the owner of Joe's Mug is dragged out of the coffeeshop and questioned by the police about the night his wife walked out of his life-and Shady Hollow-forever.

But then a rabbit discovers a grisly crop: the bones of a moose. It's autumn in Shady Hollow, and residents are looking forward to harvest feasts. The second book in the Shady Hollow series, in which some long-buried secrets come to light, throwing suspicion on a beloved local denizen. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo,, Better World Books Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard on March 1, 2022 Source: supplied by publisher via NetGalleyįormats available: paperback, ebook, audiobook

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