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Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries #5
Muddy Mouth
What do a neighborhood parade, a group of knitting librarians and 80 feral cats have to do with a missing author?
Northside's Fourth of July parade is famous, and this year the dog park gang is training their fur-babies to participate while Lia builds a float promoting local best-selling author Lucas Cross.
When Lucas disappears at a book convention, the entire world is watching. Then attacks occur against the ladies of Fiber and Snark, the cat-rescuing knitting club that manages his career. Lia is the only one they can trust to discover the truth while protecting their secrets.
It's the dog park gang to the rescue. But can Lia maintain her deepening relationship with Peter when she's hiding something so important from him?
Northside's Fourth of July parade is famous, and this year the dog park gang is training their fur-babies to participate while Lia builds a float promoting local best-selling author Lucas Cross.
When Lucas disappears at a book convention, the entire world is watching. Then attacks occur against the ladies of Fiber and Snark, the cat-rescuing knitting club that manages his career. Lia is the only one they can trust to discover the truth while protecting their secrets.
It's the dog park gang to the rescue. But can Lia maintain her deepening relationship with Peter when she's hiding something so important from him?
302 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 2, 2016
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About the author
C.A. Newsome
14 books107 followersC. A. (Carol Ann) Newsome writes the Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries, a series of fun, romantic suspense/mystery novels which are inspired by and centered around her mornings at the Mount Airy Dog Park with her trio of rescues (rowdy hooligans).
A life-long lover of fiction, Carol turned to books and audiobooks during her decade-long recovery from a head injury that occurred when she and her bike were struck by a car. Years of immersing herself in popular fiction lead to imagining the book she wanted to read, and wondering if she could actually write it.
She is also an artist with an M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati. You'll see portraits of some of her favorite four-footed friends on the covers of her books. She enjoys creating community-based public artworks. As an artist, she is best known for her New Leaf Global Good-Will Guerrilla Art Project.
Her other interests include astrology, raw food and all forms of psychic phenomena. She likes to sing to her dogs. The dogs are the only ones who like to listen.
A life-long lover of fiction, Carol turned to books and audiobooks during her decade-long recovery from a head injury that occurred when she and her bike were struck by a car. Years of immersing herself in popular fiction lead to imagining the book she wanted to read, and wondering if she could actually write it.
She is also an artist with an M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati. You'll see portraits of some of her favorite four-footed friends on the covers of her books. She enjoys creating community-based public artworks. As an artist, she is best known for her New Leaf Global Good-Will Guerrilla Art Project.
Her other interests include astrology, raw food and all forms of psychic phenomena. She likes to sing to her dogs. The dogs are the only ones who like to listen.
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January 6, 2017
Lia Anderson is back with another murder mystery about to absorb the intelligence, nosiness, and human concern of herself and her dog park friends.
A local author has disappeared from a literary convention in Texas, just as Lia is building a float in his honor for a parade at home. It appears that he's been kidnapped, but there are no real clues leading the police anywhere. And obviously it has nothing to do with the Cincinnati police or the Mt. Airy Dog Park gang, right?
Except that Lucas Cross, bestselling author, is really Leroy, a local man, not at all literary, acting as the front for Fiber and Snark.
Fiber and Snark is a group of local knitters who sell their goods to raise funds for a local cat rescue. Leroy's disappearance is bringing "Lucas Cross" entirely too much attention, and the ladies are afraid they could be not only found out, but accused of defrauding the public. The ladies want him found, but they can't talk to the police.
So they approach Lia.
It's bad enough when Leroy is merely missing and this isn't even a Cincinnati case. Lia is still in a tricky position, keeping such a big secret from her almost-live-in boyfriend, Cincinnati homicide detective Peter Dourson, even as their relationship grows deeper and Peter is looking for some permanence. It gets a lot worse when the body of one of the Fiber and Snark ladies falls out of the decorative gun on Lia's float during the parade--dead.
It's a very good mystery that kept me involved. I love how Lia and Peter's relationship continue to grow and develop, along with the personalities and relationships at the dog park. Newsome and these books keep getting better and better.
Recommended.
I received a free copy of this audiobook, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
A local author has disappeared from a literary convention in Texas, just as Lia is building a float in his honor for a parade at home. It appears that he's been kidnapped, but there are no real clues leading the police anywhere. And obviously it has nothing to do with the Cincinnati police or the Mt. Airy Dog Park gang, right?
Except that Lucas Cross, bestselling author, is really Leroy, a local man, not at all literary, acting as the front for Fiber and Snark.
Fiber and Snark is a group of local knitters who sell their goods to raise funds for a local cat rescue. Leroy's disappearance is bringing "Lucas Cross" entirely too much attention, and the ladies are afraid they could be not only found out, but accused of defrauding the public. The ladies want him found, but they can't talk to the police.
So they approach Lia.
It's bad enough when Leroy is merely missing and this isn't even a Cincinnati case. Lia is still in a tricky position, keeping such a big secret from her almost-live-in boyfriend, Cincinnati homicide detective Peter Dourson, even as their relationship grows deeper and Peter is looking for some permanence. It gets a lot worse when the body of one of the Fiber and Snark ladies falls out of the decorative gun on Lia's float during the parade--dead.
It's a very good mystery that kept me involved. I love how Lia and Peter's relationship continue to grow and develop, along with the personalities and relationships at the dog park. Newsome and these books keep getting better and better.
Recommended.
I received a free copy of this audiobook, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
March 29, 2017
This book is set in Cincinnati. I want to visit with these characters (Fiber and Snark) (I'm aware they are fictional) and be in the parade (I hate parades). I like their idea of writing collaboratively and using the money for sales of the books to help a feral cat community (SCOOP). And Leroy Eberschlag...but he is not in the column of people I want to meet...but he is an interesting character.
Alas someone is found murdered in the huge gun celebrating the collective's new book written by Lucas Cross....that's where Leroy comes in.
This is a light romp, not taking its own self very seriously...I'll look for other works in the series!
Alas someone is found murdered in the huge gun celebrating the collective's new book written by Lucas Cross....that's where Leroy comes in.
This is a light romp, not taking its own self very seriously...I'll look for other works in the series!
July 9, 2017
Excellent storytelling, easy to visualize 5 Stars
Muddy Mouth
A Must read for dog lovers.
Thoroughly enjoyable read, well defined and developed characters. Excellent storytelling, easy to visualize. A group of dog walkers meeting in a park, described so vividly you are sitting on the table with them.
Light entertaining whodunit, with a splash of romance. I can’t wait to see what happens to Lia and Peter, and the rest of the gang.
But to me the Real Stars are the wonderful dogs. I am panting expectantly for Book 6.
Muddy Mouth
A Must read for dog lovers.
Thoroughly enjoyable read, well defined and developed characters. Excellent storytelling, easy to visualize. A group of dog walkers meeting in a park, described so vividly you are sitting on the table with them.
Light entertaining whodunit, with a splash of romance. I can’t wait to see what happens to Lia and Peter, and the rest of the gang.
But to me the Real Stars are the wonderful dogs. I am panting expectantly for Book 6.
August 8, 2016
Being a dog lover I love this series. I get a bit annoyed how the heroine never listens to her boyfriend about interfering in dangerous situations - but that's us women - we are nosey and can't sit back and wait for the slow gears of bureaucracy to crank round ha ha. I like the way the lives of the dog owners are all intertwined but not nauseatingly so, and the dogs antics are always a joy to read about. A very good read if you like a light who-dunnit in between heavier reading like me.
March 10, 2016
This review is from: Muddy Mouth: A Dog Park Mystery (Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries Book 5) (Kindle Edition)
C A Newsome has given us another clean, funny mystery. I have read all of the Dog Park books
and have enjoyed each and every one of them. Always look forward to the next book.
Great reading,
Thanks
April 16, 2020
My favorite of the series!
Staying with the theme of the series but putting the danger on other characters was brilliantly handled! Her writing flows in a way that lets you enjoy the story with characters that feel like friends!
Staying with the theme of the series but putting the danger on other characters was brilliantly handled! Her writing flows in a way that lets you enjoy the story with characters that feel like friends!
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May 25, 2023A Very Odd Mystery
This book has loads of characters in it as well as their dogs. It makes it a little difficult to read when you're tired as you have to remember who's who and the names of their dogs too. The author very generously provides a listing of all of the people and dogs at the start of the book which is helpful. The mystery takes a long time to get fully set up which leads to an eventful finish. So although the mystery itself is interesting, it is not as compelling as it could explaining my so so review.
This book has loads of characters in it as well as their dogs. It makes it a little difficult to read when you're tired as you have to remember who's who and the names of their dogs too. The author very generously provides a listing of all of the people and dogs at the start of the book which is helpful. The mystery takes a long time to get fully set up which leads to an eventful finish. So although the mystery itself is interesting, it is not as compelling as it could explaining my so so review.
July 26, 2017
I picked this up at the Cincinnati Books By Banks last year and I loved it! This isn't the first in the series, I distinctly remember the author talking me into not starting with the first but the latest. I will go back and read them all. The local setting was really fun and the story line led me to a very satisfying mystery murder ending. Although the characters and places might be reoccurring I loved that the story didn't end on a cliff hanger.
September 13, 2016
This was a good mystery with some interesting twists. I am new to this series, but enjoyed getting to know the characters in the story. The character development was such that I had no trouble following the story without having read any of the previous books. The mystery kept me guessing, and I enjoyed the dogs and cats in the story.
November 8, 2019
Lia and Peter
This book was really good. I kind of got lost in the middle of it because of the disappearance of a character. But I read on, and the truth was revealed in the end. Love the characters in this book. Ready for the next one!!!!
This book was really good. I kind of got lost in the middle of it because of the disappearance of a character. But I read on, and the truth was revealed in the end. Love the characters in this book. Ready for the next one!!!!
March 14, 2019
I have read all of Carol's Dog Park series and this is the best to date. I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole series.
This time I have listened to the Audible books. Absolutely brilliant!
This time I have listened to the Audible books. Absolutely brilliant!
March 4, 2016
Fun mystery, twisty plot, interesting characters
March 14, 2016
Another great book in the Tales of the Dog Park crime fighters. Good read, great Characters and good twists. Keeps you guessing until the end!
March 15, 2016
Good book, surprise ending
I enjoyed this installment of Dog Park Mysteries a lot. The ending was very clever, I was quite surprised with the unusual "escape plan"
I enjoyed this installment of Dog Park Mysteries a lot. The ending was very clever, I was quite surprised with the unusual "escape plan"
September 30, 2018
Lia keeps getting in trouble...maybe Peter will be a better influence on her soon.
November 23, 2020
Fun murdet mystery
November 20, 2024
Very witty but too wordy--needs cutting out of extraneous chatter that detracts from storyline. I listened to Audible version. I did not like the secondary Southern accented character, very confusing. A favourite author. I want to read every one of her books. The dogs and their people parents feel like family. Chop chop, need to read more from them! Grrrrrreat!!!!
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