Since many readers love a good dog related mystery, this genre has become a winning combination for mystery and dog lovers alike. Readers are now purchasing books and their audio version based on the mystery and canine together.
And as a mystery writer this is a fun duo
to write about. By adding dogs in the Mutt Mysteries series, it adds more interesting
characters to each story. For instance, my protagonist, Catt Ramsey who owns
the Woof-Pack Dog Walkers is always running into trouble in each book and
stumbling across dead bodies. But with her Yorkshire Terriers Cagney and Lacey
by her side, they help sniff out clues and alert Catt to dangerous situations,
including murder. I always try to grow the dog’s interaction with the characters
in each book.
Since I am an animal lover with dogs of my
own, one thing I don’t do is harm animals in my stories. Readers do not like
that and neither do I! But it is okay to shoot, stab, choke, and hurt my
protagonist Catt Ramsey…but never her dogs! Frankly, that’s the main reason
mystery readers and dog lovers love this combination.
Thanks for stopping by the blog to learn
more about the Scent of Murder and Dogs in Mysteries. I look forward to continuing
writing the Mutt Mysteries books and the direction each dog and character leads
me down.
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TERESA INGE grew up reading Nancy Drew mysteries. Today,
she doesn’t carry a rod like her idol, but she hotrods. Love of reading
mysteries and writing professional articles led to writing short fiction and
novellas. She is president of Sisters in Crime Mystery by the Sea Chapter and
author of short mysteries in Virginia is for Mysteries, 50 Shades of
Cabernet, Coastal Crimes: Mysteries by the Sea, and Murder by the
Glass.
Website: www.TeresaInge.com
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Love writing the Mutt Mysteries series and my protagonist Catt Ramsey and her sidekicks, Cagney and Lacey!
ReplyDeleteLove ALL the mutts in the Mutt Mysteries! The definitely have a nose for murder!
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