Willa Lattner is settling back into small-town life in Humboldt Cove, running The Three Hounds Bakery and wrangling her three mischievous dachshunds—Killer, Kyle, and Wags. But when a friendly culinary competition turns deadly, Willa finds herself back in the middle of a murder investigation—whether she likes it or not.
The victim? A prominent citizen. The weapon? A poisoned bowl of chowder. The suspects? A room full of townspeople…and some of Willa’s closest friends.
Luckily, she’s not solving this one alone. With her three trusty doxies sniffing out clues (and snacks), Willa is determined to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. But with secrets, rivalries, and a little too much chaos in the kitchen, can Willa and her short-legged sleuths track down the culprit in time?
A cozy mystery filled with charm, chaos, and canine hijinks—perfect for fans of fun, fast-paced whodunits!
Julie Titterington is an author, essayist, and editor who lives in the beautiful Willamette Valley. When she's not hanging out with her husband and three children, she can be found baking, eating, and reading mysteries from the Golden Age, in that order.
I just adore this series about a cozy mystery writer and her three little "sausages" ... her dachshunds (Kyle, Killer and Wags)! I hope there will be more books in the series.
"[Suspect] smiled at Willa, and she was reminded of a line from Sherlock Holmes: when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Although this one took me longer to read than my usual, it isn't because I was having a difficult time getting through it. No, it's because I had other things going on in my life occupying my reading time.
This one had me stumped for awhile until I stopped thinking the best of people and started thinking like a criminal. In a book. A criminal in a book. 😆
One of the townsfolk drops dead during a chowder competition and everyone is questioning how it happened since one of the doggies was also negatively affected, but wasn't fatally affected. So the question became, how is the no-legged 15lb dog still alive and the 100-something pound human succumbed to his edibles?
There were a lot of dodgy happenings and we met Pilky's maybe shady brother that ultimately saved the day next to his German friends.
I imagine a book 4 is in the works now - I hope. This book was published early this month, so hopefully that means Titterington is going to keep up with more adventures for Willa, Mina, Jake, Tiny, and the 5-doggo crew!
And for my next book... it's Book 35 of 36 from Kathi Daley's The Inn at Holiday Bay series, released 09/02/25: "Wallflowers in the Window."
Love to the Germans. You will enjoy this cozy mystery from first to last page. Reading it will give you the meaning of love to the Germans. I could hardly put this down till it was finished. Had me guessing like a good mystery should.
Such a fun entertaining book for lovers of mystery, murder, food & especially those adorable dachshunds. The doggie descriptions are so realistic. Especially if you own one…if you know. You know. Hope many more adventures will be added to this series.
The first two books were pretty good. The last one was disappointing. A good twenty five percent or more was snarky emails. The plot was dragging until everything was thrown at the reader at the end.
As a clam chowder competition goes bad, Willa, her Aunt Mina, and those three lovable doxies are on the case. This ending was definitely a little surprising. This is another wonderful series to escape in.
So charming! I’ve really enjoyed all of the stories about Willa, Mina, Pilky, Jake, and the Hounds. Each story has been a light read with a good mystery. I’m looking forward to the next one.
Another adorable doxie mystery with lots of twists and turns. I have enjoyed all the books in this series. They are page turners for sure and hard to put down.
What a cute, good read! This series is right down my lane. It's adorable yet keep the reader's attention trying to find out what's going to happen next. Love the series.