Today we
welcome author Linda O. Johnston to Book Club Friday. Linda writes across
several genres, but the one constant in her writing is that all her books
somehow involve animals. Learn more about Linda at her website and the Killer Hobbies blog. -- AP
When To Seek a Crafty Killer
What do you do when
someone you like, and whose work you particularly admire, is accused of murder?
Well, in my new Pet Rescue
Mystery Hounds Abound, the third in
the series, my protagonist Lauren Vancouver jumps in to try to solve the crime
and find out whodunit.
Hounds Abound revolves around Save Them All, a very special pet
sanctuary, one where hard-to-adopt pets go to seek wonderful forever homes, but
if none is forthcoming those senior or disabled animals can live out their
natural lives in wonderful and loving surroundings. Its founder, Bella
Frankovick, is accused of murdering her ex-husband, and Lauren is sure she
didn’t do it. Lauren likes Bella and loves what she is doing to
save needy animals, so of course she has to help.
Do places like Save Them
All exist? Yes! I first heard of a local one near Los Angeles when
I was in a local boutique grocery store and one of the people handing out food
samples happened to mention it. Of course my Pet Rescue Mystery mind
started focusing on it, I did some research, and the result was Hounds Abound.
Since then, I’ve heard of
other wonderful sanctuaries like that. I volunteer as a dog adoption
counselor at a caring, real shelter called Pet Orphans of Southern
California. Occasionally, a pet there has behavior or other issues that
make it so difficult to adopt that it is taken lovingly to a new home--a
sanctuary where it can live out its days with lots of wonderful care.
One thing I’m particularly
exited about at the moment is that I’m participating in a very real program:
Read Humane™. Berkley Prime Crime is an imprint of Penguin Group
(USA) Inc. Penguin has made a substantial donation to the Humane Society
of The United States® in support of its Animal Rescue Team, and is also shipping
50,000 books starring furry friends, both dogs and cats, which encourage
readers to learn more and donate to the Humane Society and its Animal Rescue
Team. Besides me, participating authors include Rebecca M. Hale, Alison
Pace, Miranda James and Sofie Kelly--and I’m especially excited to report that
the Read Humane spokesperson is Nora Roberts. A new version of my first
Pet Rescue Mystery Beaglemania has
been printed with the special Read Humane seal on the front and information
inside.
How about you--would you
ever jump in to try to solve a mystery--or would you rather just read about
them?
Thanks for joining us today, Linda! -- AP
