Oh where, oh where have our little dogs gone? They’re enjoying a day at The Pampered Pooch, getting paw-di-cures and fur-fluffings in anticipation of their big debut! Only 8 days until you will meet them and hear our mutts exciting “tails” of scandal and murder. Over the past few posts we’ve been teasing you with insights into the stories and how the author noodled up the premise. This is the last in that serie.
Today’s Feature…
“PAWSITIVELY SCANDALOUS” by Jayne Ormerod
What’s with the crime wave in the Grant’s Garden neighborhood? First a respectable member is arrested for crimes unknown, then another neighbor dies under mysterious circumstances. Pilar Pruitt and her black Lab/mix Natti are on the case, and the secrets they uncover are paws-itively scandalous!
We asked Jayne where she found inspiration for this story:
When I needed a “scandal” for this story, I threw a couple of ideas against the wall. The one that stuck was based on an event that had happened when I was a young girl. One of the council members of my small town was hauled off to jail. The FBI swooped in and confiscated all his files. My parents whispered about that for weeks. I always wondered what the man had done, and, more importantly, what had been in those files? Sometimes a tiny seed of an idea is all writer needs to kick her imagination into high gear. “Pawsitively Scandalous” is the result.
Oh, my! That you remembered that scandal from your childhood was key. Your description of community reaction to a resident's arrest in "Pawsitively Scandalous" was interesting to read; now I know you've lived through the swirl of community shock and whispers.
ReplyDeleteMysteryFictionFan...it's quite possible I have BEEN the subject of community shock and whispers...but I'm saving those stories for my autobiography! :) Thanks for stopping by!
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