by: Marcia Rosen
Series: Agatha, Raymond, Sherlock, & Me
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: March 14, 2023
Publisher: Artemisia Publishing, LLC
A body is tossed into the lion’s habitat at the zoo where Miranda Scott is the senior vet. She and Detective Bryan Anderson join forces to unravel that mystery and several more murders. A fan since childhood of Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, and Sherlock Holmes they seem to live in her head frequently telling her what to do…and not do. Murders, family, deceit, revenge and a gangster father and godfather often get in the way of a fine romance between Miranda and the Detective.
Determined to silence those voices, she called the Zoo Curator, Emma Parker (no relation to the mystery writer, Robert B. Parker)!
“Just left the ranch and the crazy lady. See you in a few hours or less. I’m on the road with my pal Willie Nelson singing to me.”
“Give him my love, drive safe, but hurry up, it is insane here. The police are all over the Zoo property, the press is chomping at the bit to get in, and the animals are pacing, sensing the tension here.
Emma and Miranda had been good friends almost from the moment they met. They both loved working with animals. And they enjoyed watching murder mysteries, once joking with a colleague at the Zoo who resisted their invitation to join them, “Hey everyone needs a hobby. We like murders…sort of.”
“Why are you talking to yourself?” Emma asked Miranda one night when they were watching Midsomer Murders on television.
“What?”
“Miranda, you’re talking to yourself.”
Caught!
Miranda felt forced to admit to Emma about the famous mystery writers who she described as “living in my head.”
“You’re kidding.”
“Nope.”
“Just left the ranch and the crazy lady. See you in a few hours or less. I’m on the road with my pal Willie Nelson singing to me.”
“Give him my love, drive safe, but hurry up, it is insane here. The police are all over the Zoo property, the press is chomping at the bit to get in, and the animals are pacing, sensing the tension here.
Emma and Miranda had been good friends almost from the moment they met. They both loved working with animals. And they enjoyed watching murder mysteries, once joking with a colleague at the Zoo who resisted their invitation to join them, “Hey everyone needs a hobby. We like murders…sort of.”
“Why are you talking to yourself?” Emma asked Miranda one night when they were watching Midsomer Murders on television.
“What?”
“Miranda, you’re talking to yourself.”
Caught!
Miranda felt forced to admit to Emma about the famous mystery writers who she described as “living in my head.”
“You’re kidding.”
“Nope.”
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“Marcia Rosen's new book is hard to put down! The characters are engaging and you enjoy getting to know them as you read this mystery. I enjoyed discovering the world and people in Murder at the Zoo and can't wait to read more from this author!”
Cat Harper
National Steinbeck Center
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