Vera is back, accompanied by Lenore, her best friend and raven, and her beau, Orville, bear and police deputy who has decided to run for police chief after getting frustrated by his boss’s penchant for fishing over crime solving. Ultimately my first instinct proved to be correct, but there were a few more twists and turns here. While I first thought this one would be as predictable as Cold Clay, I was ultimately impressed by the increased subtlety to the mystery in this one. More than a few things don’t add up in the Springfield household, but Vera will have to tread carefully, since, with Orville’s attention on the election, she may be more exposed than ever.Ĭlick on this graphic to explore the book page on LibraryThing! Review While most of the town dismisses Dorothy’s rants as nothing more than a delusion, Vera has her doubts. But the political tension takes a back seat when resident eccentric Dorothy Springfield becomes convinced her beloved husband, Edward, is dead, and that the rat claiming to be him is actually a fraud. The third novel in the Shady Hollow mystery series, in which Vera Vixen takes on her most challenging case yet: solving the murder of a rat who appears to still be alive.Ĭhange is afoot in Shady Hollow, with an unusually tense election shaping up between long-serving Chief of Police Theodore Meade and Vera’s beau, Deputy Orville Braun. I don’t know if there will be more (there is a short story eBook and the review for that will be up tomorrow!), but for now, this is the third and final full book. Once you've met the residents of Shady Hollow, you won't forget them.The third in the series, Mirror Lake has been my favorite of the series thus far. Įntertaining and perceptive, Mirror Lake is fast-paced and witty, with characters that jump off the page and a hugely satisfying mystery to solve. And it's not long before the discovery of a body, minus the head, complicates things further.
Has Dorothy finally lost her grip on reality? Or is the rat who claims to be Edward an imposter? Vera's fox nose scents a story. Dorothy Springfield, a rat with a reputation for eccentricity, claims her husband - who is standing right next to her - has been murdered. Keen journalist Vera Vixen is recovering from the Harvest Festival (and its bounty of local cheeses, cider and pies) when the calm is shattered by a scream from one of the small town's grandest houses.
with only the occasional murder to mar the peace of daily life. Welcome, dear reader! You have happened upon the delightful village of Shady H ollow, a place where rabbits and raptors, squirrels and snakes live together in civilised accord.
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