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Reviewed by Patricia Reid

Where is the best place to hold a film wrap party for producer Lucas Cruz? The film is a vampire parody and party planner Presley Parker manages to wheel, deal, and line up a cemetery for the party. Not everyone would be brave enough to throw a party in a cemetery but Presley thinks it is the ideal location.

The day before the party is to take place Presley runs into a group of young people practicing the art of Parkour. Parkour includes vaulting, running, jumping and climbing around obstacles and a cemetery offers plenty of obstacles.

Presley warns the group that they are trespassing but this does not seem to bother them at all. The next morning the body of one of the participants in Parkour is found in the cemetery. This does not bode well for Presley’s party. Presley begins her own investigation and soon has plenty of suspects but before she narrows the suspects down more violence occurs. Read the rest of this entry »

Reviewed by Patricia Reid

Damrey and Nakri are two Asian elephant cows residing at Finley Memorial Zoo near Vancouver, Washington. As Iris Oakley walked towards the Commissary after her night volunteer shift, she heard noises coming from the elephant barn. It was 7:00 a.m. and Iris was possibly the only human on the grounds of the zoo. As Iris got to the elephant barn, she found Damrey very agitated with a person face down in the stall with the elephant.

Iris Oakley’s husband was killed at the zoo. Iris is pregnant, has no training with elephants, and does not have the slightest idea of what action to take. Iris managed to reach Sam who was in charge of the elephants on her cell phone. Sam instructed Iris as to how to handle the elephants until he arrived and Iris did the best she could. She finally was able to coax the elephants into a stall and away from the body. The body on the floor of the elephant barn was Kevin Wallace, her boss. Although Wallace was still alive when rescued from the elephant barn, he later died of his injuries.

The police decide that Damrey is the murderer but others at the zoo were not convinced. Things are unsettled at Finley Memorial Zoo. Animal rights activists who want the elephants sent to a sanctuary are picketing the zoo. Read the rest of this entry »

Reviewed by Julie Moderson

David Rosenfelt is a true dog lover. He and his wife established the Tara Foundation that rescues dogs, mostly golden retrievers. He is an excellent writer and seems to like dogs as characters in his stories.

Dog Tags is about a wonderful German shepherd named Milo. Milo witnesses a murder that his owner is accused of. Billy Zimmerman is Milo’s owner and he wants to protect his dog. Andy Carpenter is asked by a friend to defend Milo and he ends up protecting Milo and defending Andy Carpenter. Read the rest of this entry »