Three-Eyed Alien Abducts Dog Groomer

Aretha Moon #1

by Linda Ross

Tabloid reporter Aretha Moon has a problem. And it's not just that she's overweight, menopausal and divorced, all of which make her a tad cranky. Her editor, Lorenzo Mayo, wants her to cover the gruesome murder of her sister's employee during the annual Tom Sawyer Days in Hannibal, Missouri. As Aretha digs into it, she uncovers a web of sadistic high school pranks from the past, perpetrated by the Cat Pack, rich girls who tormented their classmates. Now two of them are dead, and someone is targeting the others. Fueled by cheesecake and diet soda, Aretha sets out to find out who has it in for the Cat Pack. But along the way she makes herself a target for the killer with only a senile poodle and a handsome detective between her and a grisly end.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 2, 2019

Reviews

[Jerri Cachero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mean girls watch out!

I enjoyed the first book in the Aretha Moon series! Aretha is refreshingly blunt, funny , practical and loves diet cokes and tacos as much as she loves her job as a reporter for a local tabloid. When a pack of older mean girls begins to be picked off, Aretha unwittingly becomes involved and has to find the killer to save herself.

The language is rougher than a cozy mystery but it was character appropriate and not gratuitous. I'm getting the second book and can't wait to see what Aretha is up to next!

[Carolee DeWitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK for a quick read.

[Mary Stenvall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, I admit it. The title pulled me in. Hey, I was concerned for the dog groomer! DNF