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Thank you, Kelly, for recommending this book to me.The main character, Mercy Carr, is a former MP who served in Afghanistan. Her fiancé was killed in Afghanistan, and now back in Vermont, she has his K9 partner, Elvis. I could not avoid making comparisons to Barbara Nickless’s series featuring Sydney Rose Parnell, a veteran of the Iraq war who also lost her fiancé and has his K9 partner, Clyde. The plots are different, and in my opinion, the Nickless series is better written with more defined ch...
Mercy Carr and her Belgian Malinois, Elvis, are out on their usual hike in the remote Lye Brook Wilderness when Elvis sniffs out a very unusual finding. A baby abandoned near a shallow grave filled with human bones. U.S. Game Warden Troy Warner and his search-and-rescue dog Susie Bear responds to Mercy's 911 call. Who left the baby there, and who's in the shallow grave?READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTION!
I really enjoyed this debut with a former servicewoman and her dog, who both are suffering from PTSD. Elvis, the dog, was trained by Mercy's fiance, who died in Iraq, one year before the setting of this book. Speaking of setting, this book also introduces the reader to Vermont, which seems to be beloved as a character too. Mercy meets a Game Warden, Troy and his dog, Susie Bear, and this foursome is a formidable group. They catch the bad guys, and have an excellent ending. Hopefully they will ha...
Ok, so I’ve just finished my 2nd feel-good book in a row – it must be the four-legged characters that have such wonderful roles in the stories. A Borrowing of Bones (Mercy Carr #1) by Paula Munier is an outdoorsy, mystery, that includes murders, art, a missing mother & child, great M/F leads, Shakespearean quotes, and two of the best dogs around. The combination of the human leads and their dogs made the story fun. I also felt that Mercy’s grandmother Patience as the vet and awesome cook playe...
This excellent debut, and first in a series, follows former MP Mercy Carr as she deals with the grief of losing her fiance while caring for his bomb-sniffing dog Elvis. The story line in this well-plotted novel keeps the pages turning, but what will bring you back for the next in the series are the characters, especially canines Elvis and Susie Bear, who are given prime time on the page without being cloying or unrealistic. If you love dogs - real dogs - you'll love this book. The setting, beaut...
4.5 stars
A very enjoyable book. All of the characters were very well written, but for me the two dogs were the highlight of the book. Mercy’s dog is Elvis, a retired explosive sniffing dog who did his work in Afghanistan. The second dog is Susie Bear, a search and rescue dog belonging to Troy, a Vermont Game Warden. Both dogs are truly amazing. Another character is Patience, the lovable town vet, who happens to be Mercy’s grandmother. I highly recommended this book to all dog lovers and mystery lovers. T...
Mercy Carr is a retired MP. She is back home in Vermont with Elvis, a bomb sniffing dog who worked with her fiance. Her fiance died in action and Mercy has ownership now of the traumatized dog. They are learning to be partners. She and Elvis are out for a walk in the Vermont woods. They discover a baby who they rescue and take to a hospital.Several bodies are found. Mercy and Elvis team up with Troy who is a fish and game warden who also has a service dog. Troy is warned several time to stay out...
I'm going to give the book 4.5 stars as I liked it enough. I liked the characters. Instead of one dog there was two. I like the way she writes.Funny how writing reviews on a book I think makes you more critical. Instead of just riding the wave of the book, we look for flaws in the currents. Some might say the book meanders a bit, but I see that as just ebb and flow of things so you try not to make things obvious and you can pause to learn a little more about the characters.An example of writing
I think one of the reasons I liked this book as much as I did is because it was a nice change of pace from the last two books I read, which were rather dark and depressing. (The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Bone Yard) I didn't find A Borrowing of Bones to be particularly suspenseful or dramatic. In fact, the plot was a bit convoluted and there were sooo many implausible intuitive leaps. BUT! Ohhh ... the DOGS! I totally fell in love with Elvis (a Belgian Malinois Shepherd who is a former bomb-...
