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Underdogs #5
Wilder Animals
The pain that has always accompanied Ari's transformation into the wolf has finally been diminished, and she's going to need every bit of her newfound freedom if she wants to survive her next case.
Ari doesn't think much about getting a drunken late-night call from Clark Wilcox, a rival private investigator. She assumes he's drunk and randomly dialed her number until the following morning, when Detective Macallan reveals he committed suicide immediately after hanging up. The death is clearly self-inflicted so the police are willing to close the case and move on. Ari, however, knows there has to be more to the story. If nothing else, she wants to know why he chose her to be his final conversation. She begins investigating the man's life leading up to the fateful moment and quickly discovers he was using his agency to gather blackmail material on his clients. She knows that somewhere in his cache of damning material is someone who didn't take kindly to being threatened. She just has to find out who it is without being caught in the same web that eventually led to Wilcox killing himself.
Meanwhile Dale, while overjoyed by Ari's newfound pain-free changes, realizes that Ari seems to need her less. No late night calls to rescue her after a run, no massages to help her aching back and shoulders. Despite reassurances from Ari that everything is fine, Dale can't help but think about the fact Ari is now a full-fledged canidae... and no modern canidae has ever had a lasting relationship with a human.
Ari doesn't think much about getting a drunken late-night call from Clark Wilcox, a rival private investigator. She assumes he's drunk and randomly dialed her number until the following morning, when Detective Macallan reveals he committed suicide immediately after hanging up. The death is clearly self-inflicted so the police are willing to close the case and move on. Ari, however, knows there has to be more to the story. If nothing else, she wants to know why he chose her to be his final conversation. She begins investigating the man's life leading up to the fateful moment and quickly discovers he was using his agency to gather blackmail material on his clients. She knows that somewhere in his cache of damning material is someone who didn't take kindly to being threatened. She just has to find out who it is without being caught in the same web that eventually led to Wilcox killing himself.
Meanwhile Dale, while overjoyed by Ari's newfound pain-free changes, realizes that Ari seems to need her less. No late night calls to rescue her after a run, no massages to help her aching back and shoulders. Despite reassurances from Ari that everything is fine, Dale can't help but think about the fact Ari is now a full-fledged canidae... and no modern canidae has ever had a lasting relationship with a human.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2016
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About the author
Geonn Cannon
114 books227 followersGeonn Cannon is a male author who grew up in Oklahoma, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline, who found his calling in stories about women who live on an island in the Pacific Northwest. In 2010, Geonn became the first male author to win the prestigious Golden Crown Literary Society Award for his novel "Gemini." In 2015, he won it again for "Dogs of War." He has written two official tie-in novels for Stargate SG-1, and his Riley Parra novels have been turned into an Emmy-nominated webseries by Tello Films. His first name is pronounced just like "John."
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April 17, 2017
4.5 stars!!..highly recommend to all..
October 22, 2018
4.25 - this series gets better and better.
While I've never been one for mystery books, I have always loved a good urban fantasy romp. The Underdogs series by Geonn Cannon is one that accommodates lovers of both. I was glad to see the personal growth and development that Ari made over the course of this book, it made me happy to see her healthy again. And you know it wouldn't be a good Underdogs novel with out the loyal and steadfast Dale by her side. both women are strong in their own way and I love the interplay between them.
We see the typical "solve the mystery" interplay that we see in the rest, but we also get introduced and re-introduced to some characters that I think will start to play a bigger roll going forward. While there are moments in the book I hated Ari for, overall Cannon has written another fine story and I look forward to the next in the series.
While I've never been one for mystery books, I have always loved a good urban fantasy romp. The Underdogs series by Geonn Cannon is one that accommodates lovers of both. I was glad to see the personal growth and development that Ari made over the course of this book, it made me happy to see her healthy again. And you know it wouldn't be a good Underdogs novel with out the loyal and steadfast Dale by her side. both women are strong in their own way and I love the interplay between them.
We see the typical "solve the mystery" interplay that we see in the rest, but we also get introduced and re-introduced to some characters that I think will start to play a bigger roll going forward. While there are moments in the book I hated Ari for, overall Cannon has written another fine story and I look forward to the next in the series.
April 17, 2019
This was an exciting book. It looks like Ari's pack is growing and I couldn't be happier! I'm keen for the next book. Now. Pfft, who needs to sleep?
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July 27, 2017
Another Winner for "Underdogs" fans
I've never been much of a fantasy fan but this series is fantastic! Ari and Dale are a wonderful couple and the plots are always engaging. Well written and highly recommended!!
I've never been much of a fantasy fan but this series is fantastic! Ari and Dale are a wonderful couple and the plots are always engaging. Well written and highly recommended!!
August 9, 2016
Wilder Animals took me to surprising places-some sad, one or two that were downright heart wrenching, and a couple that made me cheer. Despite all the twists and turns, and different threads that ran through it, it comes together in a delight of a tale...or should that be tail? It isn't a story that's stand alone-it really does help to read at least the first book-but Geonn still covers the backstory quite well and in a way that doesn't make you feel like you're reading encyclopedia entries. Instead his writing is quite familiar, flows well, and overall a joy to read.
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