Corruption and Clownfish

Dusty Paws Mysteries #0.5

by Verena DeLuca

Exotic animals, small-town murder, and romance.What more can a girl ask for?I love animals. It’s why I opened an animal sanctuary.But when the sheriff called me to identify a fish, I had no idea it would lead to an investigation into the death of a college freshman.Why in the world would he swallow a clownfish? Snorkel with me as I paddle through the evidence.Corruption & Clownfish is a prequel story to Homicides & Hedgehogs Dusty Paws Mysteries.

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

61 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2022

About the author

Verena DeLuca is a pen name for the life partner duo Sabetha Danes & NAK Baldron. When we’re not homeschooling our artistic daughter, we spend our afternoons arguing the finer details of books. Failing that, we can be found walking the many nature trails around our home.

Marble Falls is an actual tourist destination an hour west of Austin, Texas, that we’re proud to call home. While Aconite Cafe isn’t an actual coffee shop, it is the name of our publishing company. We love coffee nearly as much as Hailey, though we’ve been known to break the cardinal rule and drink tea.

Azure is based on our cat James, who’s just as snarky.

Reviews

[Cornel Diaconu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty easy, with not much of a thrill - the story teller is summoned by her friend, the sheriff, to investigate the death of a student, found with a clownfish in his mouth.
Why her, despite being the owner of a shelter for animals ? Maybe she has detective skills ? This short story seems to imply that, but the story is not very conclusive.
Let's see how the series develop. Right eith part 1, Homicides and Hedgehogs.

[Deborah Ortega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Natalie is called by the sheriff he needs her help when he finds a young man dead. She runs a shelter for cats and dogs and boards animals. Jake asks her to help solve the case when a clownfish is found at the scene. This was a really fun book and I enjoyed it.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing mystery that will have you wondering what could possibly happen next. A request to help solve a crime, a strange one at that. Will it be solved quickly before there’s another murder committed.

[Juanita E. Arp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good short story, entertaining storyline and well written characters. I can't wait to read more from this author. I received this book as a Free copy to read and I voluntarily leave this review.

[Mai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute short!

[Sherri Englett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this book. I heard a lot of different ways of cooking but it's the first I've heard of cooking to death on a Clownfish. Can't wait to read the rest of the series.

[Marietta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting story about college life and what kids will do to be excepted. Natalie and Kathryn have just open Dusty Paws. It was so nice to see some taking in sick and injured pets and finding them new forever homes. Natalie was a big help to the sheriff when it came to pets. She was able to let him know what kind fish that the college freshman had swallowed. But it took a little long for her help him figure out why this happen. I would recommend this series just so people are are able to see what it takes to run a place for all these pets that new hom

[Juanita E. Arp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good short story, entertaining storyline and well written characters. I can't wait to read more from this author. I received this book as a Free copy to read and I voluntarily leave this review.