Dog walker Penelope Standing enjoys a nice shade tree, but that’s the extent of her gardening interest. She worries more about all the dogs missing after last night’s storm. Crumbling fences and high winds make a bad combination.
But there may be a link between the missing dogs and the festival.
If you love outrageously fun action in your cozy mysteries, grab Death Smells a Rose — the latest in the Penelope Standing Mysteries.
Tess Baytree is the pen name of speculative fiction author T. M. Baumgartner. At various times she has been a veterinarian, Unix system administrator, software developer, and after-hours book-shelver in a medical library.
Theresa currently lives in Northern California in a house with too many animals. She knits hats for garden gnomes and runs with scissors only when absolutely necessary.