A Switch in Time

by Anne Barton

Dr. Erica Merrill, a young vet trying to establish her veterinary practice in her hometown, a small Northern Idaho county seat, gets involved in a murder investigation when a drug she has dispensed for a family dog is used to poison a wealthy widow. A battle over inheritance means that everyone involved with the household has a motive. But only the nine-year-old granddaughter has both means and opportunity.

Neither Erica nor her deputy sheriff boyfriend, Clay Caldwell, want to believe that a child would murder her grandmother, but they wonder if her father could have persuaded her to do it.

Erica must also contend with her father, who wants to run her life, a disgruntled colleague who reports her to the licensing authority, and a new physician in town with amorous intentions.

It is Erica’s knowledge not of the affect of the drug on the victim, but on the dog, that allows her to solve the mystery

184 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have thought of this book for many years. The plot is as perfect as the test.

[Kay (Brigidsmomma) Compton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was excellent! I am really enjoying this series. Erica Merrill is a vet in a small town in Idaho, and she's up against an 'old boy's' network of ranchers, loggers and townsfolk who have always done business with the male vet in town, and aren't sure a woman can handle the job (including her own father). But she also keeps getting drawn into mysteries involving human deaths and murders that are related in some way to her vet practice. Read it. It's fascinating!