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Paws for Consideration
Like Tales of the City but with more dogs, Amy Butcher’s murder mystery Paws for Consideration takes you on an intimate tour of gay San Francisco. Follow the exploits of citizen-detective frumpy, wheelchair-bound, self-appointed mayor of her San Francisco neighborhood—Daisy likes dogs a little bit more than people. But when she discovers Skittles, a terrified Boston Terrier, still leashed to his very dead owner’s arm, she has no choice but to roll into action. Careening through the Castro and the Mission, past upscale restaurants and low-down dungeons, Daisy and Skittles brave gentrification, gay-bashing, and homelessness to paw and sniff their way deep into that most dangerous of all neighbor.
Richly illustrated by the author and including a built-in flipbook for added entertainment, this debut novel from San Francisco-based erotic writer Amy Butcher (Best Lesbian Erotica 2012) is a sensory immersion. It offers the reader a sneak peek under the drag skirts of San Francisco, letting them see the familiar city in surprising new ways. Be you a lover of dogs, gays, BDSM, or simply San Francisco (as if the city isn’t all of these–and more–all rolled into one!) you’ll find something to satisfy your guilty pleasure reading needs!
Additional chapter illustrations, reading group questions, and interview with author.
Richly illustrated by the author and including a built-in flipbook for added entertainment, this debut novel from San Francisco-based erotic writer Amy Butcher (Best Lesbian Erotica 2012) is a sensory immersion. It offers the reader a sneak peek under the drag skirts of San Francisco, letting them see the familiar city in surprising new ways. Be you a lover of dogs, gays, BDSM, or simply San Francisco (as if the city isn’t all of these–and more–all rolled into one!) you’ll find something to satisfy your guilty pleasure reading needs!
Additional chapter illustrations, reading group questions, and interview with author.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 26, 2012
About the author
Amy Butcher
10 books37 followersAmy Butcher is a writer, artist, bodyworker, business consultant, and liminal guide who lives and works in San Francisco.
Her current project is Wonder Body: A Sophisticated Coloring Book for Curious Adults. It is a playful experiential exploration of the capacities of the body to connect and experience pleasure.
Her debut novel Paws for Consideration showcased her varied skills in graphic design, illustration, and writing in order to capture a unique slice of San Francisco life. It won the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival - Gay Category.
She was the co-editor of the hot anthology from the Center for Sex & Culture titled Sex Still Spoken Here. It won the IPPY Gold Medal for Erotica in 2015.
Butcher’s short story “Touched” appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2012.
Amy is super sporty and her latest rekindled passion is inline skating. Her sports hero is Babe Didrikson.
Her current project is Wonder Body: A Sophisticated Coloring Book for Curious Adults. It is a playful experiential exploration of the capacities of the body to connect and experience pleasure.
Her debut novel Paws for Consideration showcased her varied skills in graphic design, illustration, and writing in order to capture a unique slice of San Francisco life. It won the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival - Gay Category.
She was the co-editor of the hot anthology from the Center for Sex & Culture titled Sex Still Spoken Here. It won the IPPY Gold Medal for Erotica in 2015.
Butcher’s short story “Touched” appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2012.
Amy is super sporty and her latest rekindled passion is inline skating. Her sports hero is Babe Didrikson.
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July 1, 2023
I enjoyed this a lot. Entertaining, good writing, and appealing setting.
June 25, 2012
Full disclosure: I am acquainted with the author.
Most of the time, when I'm reading a book, I have a split personality--I am both a reader and a writer. When I read Paws for Consideration, I noticed, as a writer, that Amy Butcher had set herself the problem of having her amateur detective, Daisy, solve the murder with limited police contact. Often in mysteries, the sleuth has a friend or relative who is a cop or an ex-cop who provides information that helps to move the case along.
In this particular case, almost every character contributes some information, adding a piece to the puzzle of who the murderer is. Singly, each bit doesn't seem to add up to much, but when Daisy combines them together, things start to become clear.
Daisy is a dynamic character--a large, wheelchair-bound woman who puts dogs first and people second. She is a little bit annoying yet she is also endearing. It is her relationships with the neighborhood dogs and their owners that enables her to investigate the crime.
I loved the drawings that introduce the beginning of each chapter. And there are also drawings that create a flip-book!
I also enjoyed the sense of place Butcher created, and the BDSM details were well done.
All in all, a very respectable debut. As a cat person, I am hoping there may be a feline felony in Amy Butcher's future.
Most of the time, when I'm reading a book, I have a split personality--I am both a reader and a writer. When I read Paws for Consideration, I noticed, as a writer, that Amy Butcher had set herself the problem of having her amateur detective, Daisy, solve the murder with limited police contact. Often in mysteries, the sleuth has a friend or relative who is a cop or an ex-cop who provides information that helps to move the case along.
In this particular case, almost every character contributes some information, adding a piece to the puzzle of who the murderer is. Singly, each bit doesn't seem to add up to much, but when Daisy combines them together, things start to become clear.
Daisy is a dynamic character--a large, wheelchair-bound woman who puts dogs first and people second. She is a little bit annoying yet she is also endearing. It is her relationships with the neighborhood dogs and their owners that enables her to investigate the crime.
I loved the drawings that introduce the beginning of each chapter. And there are also drawings that create a flip-book!
I also enjoyed the sense of place Butcher created, and the BDSM details were well done.
All in all, a very respectable debut. As a cat person, I am hoping there may be a feline felony in Amy Butcher's future.
August 16, 2012
a sweet, frisky fun mystery novel, whose mystery i couldn't properly solve until very near the end (i like it better that way!), and which is also an exploration of the idea of shared humanity, individual acceptance, and neighborliness. clear, strong, articulate characters, solidly developed. a book that doesn't take itself too seriously, and is therefore very fun to read.
November 11, 2013
Well, what can I say . . . I wrote it so I definitely like it. It's been housed in my imagination for so long that I'm thrilled that it's finally out into the world creating its own reality. Let me know if you enjoy it too!
September 29, 2015
As a murder mystery, I thought it reached a bit too far. There were way too many clues to try to cloud the mystery, and they tied together in a real forced way. The thing that made it hard to read was how everything was a brand- Ducati, whatever, it was unnecessary and distracting.
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