On The Buckle, Dream Horse Mystery #1
Her favorite panties have taken a float downstream without her, and when she finally gets to the store to buy whipped cream, people are already talking about it...yet another bad day for Vi.
Jump in the saddle for a laugh-out-loud-funny gallop into the first Dreamhorse Mystery
I’m Viola Parker, known on the circuit as one of the best show-jumper riders around. Some say I have a bit of an attitude, but they don’t understand what it takes to deal with certain horse owners. That’s why I’m worried about my current situation. I have a surprise trust fund waiting if I can keep a job for one year before I hit 30. Do you know how much crap I’ll have to endure to make that happen? It boggles the mind.
Still, I know I can do it with the help of my new rules:
- Don’t smart off.
- Don’t drink.
- Don’t sleep with the boss.
The last of which proves to be a real challenge when I meet the man who just hired me. He’s working the surfer good looks, a super-hero jaw, and wearing a kilt, for cryin’ out loud!
Right when I think the new job is going to be my typical disaster, I find a dead body on the farm. I didn’t sign up for that, but the spirit of my favorite horse begins visiting my dreams, trotting me closer and closer to the killer’s identity. That horse, along with his cryptic clues, is impossible to ignore.
Not even the stress-reducing lusciousness of my whipped-cream-in-a-can addiction is going to help me keep my job, let alone get me through this mystery alive.
Candace Carrabus expertly threads the needle between romance and suspense in the first Dream Horse Mystery, On the Buckle. Set on a Midwest horse farm, get ready to meet amateur sleuth Vi Parker who finds herself caught in a thrilling mystery!
˃˃˃ Vi begins her story…
“The truth is, my parents are alive. Pretending they’re dead makes their absence in my life tolerable. When the letter came from their attorney–crap–who would have guessed they had a lawyer? Anyway, it was like they were dead because it referred to money I might receive, “amount undisclosed.” That was just like them. Jesus. Amount undisclosed. What the hell was that supposed to mean? It could be five dollars for cripe’s sake.”
˃˃˃ Check out the entire Dream Horse Mystery Series:
Cold Backed, the short Dream Horse Mystery prequel
On the Buckle, Dream Horse Mystery #1
Run Out, Dream Horse Mystery #2
Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3
or get the entire set in the Dream Horse Mysteries Omnibus
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From the readers:
I grew up riding horses, and I can spot a poser from two book shelves away. So when I found Candace Carrabus’ books, I was thrilled to know she is both an experienced rider and a talented writer. If you like horses, or just love of a good mystery, I totally recommend “On the Buckle.” (PG-13…it is for grown-ups, y’all)
Here’s a great line from the book that describes the allure of riding; “When I get in the saddle, some channel opens that is closed to most others…it put me in a zone of some kind where nothing could touch us-if I was on a horse I knew was ready, a horse that could do it.”
Aha! What she said!
The main character who is thinking these thoughts is Viola Parker; she’s sassy, funny, hooked on whipped cream straight from the can, and shares what we all feel about a good ride. And then finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery that had me chomping at the bit to find out who-done-it until the end.
Carrabus’ plot and characters are spot on, she’s funny, and her details about riding, and um…dead bodies….add extra interest. And if you don’t understand the title for this review, you will soon, and then you’ll agree, it’s a page-turner!
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