Not a Creature was Purring by Krista Davis Review

This is the fifth book in the Paws and Claws Mystery Series by Krista Davis.  It is set in Wagtail, Virginia, which has reinvented itself from a sleepy little town to a super pet friendly vacation hot spot.  Everything in town caters to the pets, with stores being pet friendly, and many of them selling pet related items.


Holly Miller returned to Wagtail in the first book of the series to help her grandmother, her "Oma", after Oma had been involved in an accident and needed someone to run the Sugar Maple Inn for her.  While there, Holly becomes involved in a murder investigation.

In this book, the fifth, Holly has relocated permanently, and now is part owner of the Inn, and has been involved in several other investigations in the intervening books, and this is no exception.  A man staying at the Inn is found in town, dead, discovered by Holly and her dog, Trixie. He was murdered, and the suspects are numerous, including most of his family, who he had insisted stay at the Inn to celebrate Christmas.  Holly's Aunt Birdie is also one of the suspects.

One member of his family is his granddaughter, Norma Jeanne, who has just become engaged to Holly's long time friend (and secret crush) Holmes Richardson, who is also in Wagtail.  This creates a lot of tension for Holly, as she doesn't really like Norma Jeanne, but wants her friend to be happy.  Needless to say, Holly gets involved investigating, so she can prove her Aunt didn't do it, and ends up finding out several surprising things during her investigations.

This is a fun Christmas read, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.  I enjoy reading about Wagtail, and the Christmas setting just adds to the enjoyment.  Finished it quite quickly, and it left me in a good holiday mood (even though I didn't read it until February)!

This is part of several reading challenges I've signed up for, including Alphabet Challenge (letter N), the Alphabet Challenge--Author (Letter D) and  number 11 in my Craving Cozies Challenge.