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Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund (A Dixie Hemingway Mystery #2)
Everybody who loves dachshunds knows about their adventurous streak. So when Mame, the elderly dachshund in Dixie Hemingway's care, gets away from her to investigate a mound of mulch, Dixie isn't surprised. What the dachshund digs up, however, is not only a surprise but a trigger for a whole new pile of jolting events that puts Dixie at the center of a hunt for a psychopat...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
October 30th 2007
by Minotaur Books
(first published March 2007)
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Wow- the cover and title of this book are highly misleading. I thought I'd be getting an amusing cozy geared toward animal lovers. I was very, very wrong. This book is just flat depressing, and more a suspense story than much of a mystery.
It's not actually a bad book for what it is- but I don't have any desire to read this kind of book. BAD marketing IMO.
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It's not actually a bad book for what it is- but I don't have any desire to read this kind of book. BAD marketing IMO.
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I was looking forward to this book after having enjoyed the first in the Dixie Hemingway series last year. Dixie is a pet sitter, a former deputy, with a personal tragedy of her own (that led to her career change) that keeps on finding dead bodies when she is out walking dogs (or feeding cats). This time it was actually the dog who found the dead body, a famous circus personality who seemed to have his share of enemies starting with his own brother. And Dixie soon discovers she is in danger beca...more
Though most of Ms. Clement's books focus is mainly on the cats, this one did center around a dog...and like the first book, it was good enough for me to continue the series. When having to repeat the earlier history of Dixie in order to understand her character, it's a shame that the information can't be given in a prologue. It gets boring to keep re-reading the same facts. Still haven't found much depth in the characters that are mainstays in the book...not even Dixie is truly believable. The s...more
Amazing suspense thriller with a few cozy elements, definitely not for those who want an easy reading escape from everyday routine.I won't deal with the plot here, you can easily find details about it elsewhere; what really matters to me is that this story had me go through a gamut of emotions: sympathy for Dixie and her struggle to start again after the disaster that took her husband and baby daughter away, anger and indignation towards (sub)humans who torture animals, admiration again for the...more
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Oct 07, 2012
Sharon
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
all animal lovers
Blaize Clement's book made me cry.
Dixie is a animal care specialist. She walks dogs, cares for cat and other creatures for their owners when the owners are out of town.
On one of these walks her charge - an elderly inquisitive dachschund dug up a bone. Dixie sees too much is on the hunt for a psychopatic killer or maybe the killer is on the hunt for her.
this is a really good read. It intelligently deals with death and destruction and the feelings that accompany them.
Dixie is a animal care specialist. She walks dogs, cares for cat and other creatures for their owners when the owners are out of town.
On one of these walks her charge - an elderly inquisitive dachschund dug up a bone. Dixie sees too much is on the hunt for a psychopatic killer or maybe the killer is on the hunt for her.
this is a really good read. It intelligently deals with death and destruction and the feelings that accompany them.
I didn't expect to like it when there was way too much detail about pet care but once I got into it, it was hard to put down. I've read some other mysteries with a theme (scrapbooking, bake shop, and I forget some of the others--they were forgettable, that's why) and didn't like them. This was a good read and I will read more. Even found a meaningful quote "Staying in the safe darkness of memory and yearning is easy. Going forward to the light of possibility takes courage."
After reading the first in the series i wasn't sure if I'd try another. However on a quick trip the library, this one was there so I decided to listen to it and give it a try. It was better than the first but I'm done with the series. The stories are interesting but all extra details she throws in and the language are just not to my liking. I really could see no reason why the use of personal vibrators at a senior citizen's home was at all relevant to the story among other things.
Dixie Hemingway is such a fabulous character. While I enjoy this series for the mystery and the pets and the slice of Florida life, the real heart is Dixie. She's so messed up and was so broken and angry and torn, but we get to see her pick herself up slowly through the series. There are some truly dark moments in this title, but they're not gratuitous -- they all work towards fleshing out Dixie as a real person.
Oct 02, 2009
Janice
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4 of 5 stars
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Don't be fooled by the cutesy title of these books, they are NOT cozy little breezey reads. This is the second in this series, and the books have both been very well written, with stories that are quite suspenseful, characters that are very likable, a heroine that is bright, independent, but also very vulnerable. The animals Dixie watches over in her job as a pet sitter/caretaker become part of the story, become characters that you care about, but not in a overly silly way. I will definitely kee...more
Another delightful installment of Clement's pet-sitter series. I like Dixie Hemingway even more—despite her ridiculous name—and the plot of this book was seriously gritty. At times it had light-hearted topics and funny, silly anecdotes, but the real meat of this book will cause people to shudder, cry, and worry. I can't wait to read the third book!
This book was horrible. Animals die and get abused and they use the C word way to much. I thought that the author liked animals since she writes a series about a pet sitter, but I don't think even an animal lover would let fictional animals get their legs broken. It was such a negative book that I don't think I'll read the rest of the series.
This was a sad addition to the series. I can handle reading about human death in mysteries, but cannot tolerate cruelty to animals even in books. Dixie Hemingway is an excellent petsitter, but she cannot always control what happens to the animals around her. Good book but bittersweet.
Good story line but a little too much violence and unnecessary language for my taste. The title makes you think they might be in the same class as the Lillian Jackson Braun novels "The Cat Who..." But they are definitely not a "lighter' mystery read.
This is #2 in the Dixie Hemingway series. I really enjoy the plot of both books, but they are not the cozy mysteries that you might think from the cute covers and catchy titles. Way too much blood/gore and swearing to be considered a cozy. I'm not squeamish (I've been reading Stephen King since I was 13), I just don't want anyone to think these are 'cutsie' when they aren't.
In this one Dixie's life is in danger more so than in the first book. She begins to consider opening her heart to someone,...more
In this one Dixie's life is in danger more so than in the first book. She begins to consider opening her heart to someone,...more
I'm really enjoying these quick easy mysteries by Blaize Clement!
They're fun, and it seems like eventually we'll be getting some romance into the mystery's in Siesta Key as well!!
I can't wait to read the next Dixie Hemingway Mystery!!!
They're fun, and it seems like eventually we'll be getting some romance into the mystery's in Siesta Key as well!!
I can't wait to read the next Dixie Hemingway Mystery!!!
I read the first in this series several years ago, and was underwhelmed. Decided to give the series another go and I am glad I did. This one was much better than the first. Character development of Dixie was what pulled me in. The ending was a little fantastic, but this is a mystery.
A lot of people tag this one a cozy, but I would have to disagree. Language and subject matter take it out of the cozy category but I don't think that's a reason to skip this book. The humor and insight of the character makes it worthwhile.
Dixie is walking Mame, an older dashchund, when a car speeds by, Dixie thinks she knows the driver, when Mame finds a dead body of the man Dixie thought she saw, suddenly Dixie is in trouble and her life is on the line. The life of a clown off-stage is gone into here and we see how many of Dixies friends really care for her.
While there were real threats to her life, this is almost a cosy mystery, but not quite, a lot of the language and situations make it a little more adult. What's really the s...more
While there were real threats to her life, this is almost a cosy mystery, but not quite, a lot of the language and situations make it a little more adult. What's really the s...more
I loved Dixie Hemingway, ex-sheriff's office turned pet sitter, when I first met her in 'Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter,' and could hardly wait to get my copy of 'Duplicity'. I was not disappointed. Excellent series. Highly recommended.
I found this at a discount store & fell in love with her inusual take on a mystery series, animal caretaker? it is original, well developed & honest. It is not to heavy or to slow, just right so I will keep reading!
Another light and fun Dixie Hemingway mystery. The pet-sitter helps her clients in a "nancy Drew" like manner. The characters are amusing even when the plot is only semi-plausible.
Oct 10, 2011
Amy Palmer
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
dog lovers, fans of cozy mysteries
In this installment, Dixie is walking a dachshund when the dog finds a body. Dixie is once again in the middle of the case, at times alongside Lieutenant Guidry who is handsome and a bit mysterious. Dixie, not able to fully escape her law enforcement past, begins asking questions and ends up in the sights of a psychopathic killer.
I enjoyed this book a bit more than the first. I felt like Dixie's character was changing a bit and for the better. She was becoming more aware of how she was running a...more
I enjoyed this book a bit more than the first. I felt like Dixie's character was changing a bit and for the better. She was becoming more aware of how she was running a...more
Sep 16, 2008
Shawna
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
murder mystery & pet lovers
The second murder mystery book in the Dixie Hemmingway pet sitter turned slueth series. These books are considered cozy mysteries, however they are a little too violent for my taste in cozies. They are great stories with twists and turns. But if the pets weren't in the books these would be considered murder mysteries. I'd still read them, because the author has a way of writing inner dialogue that is a terrific gateway to the real emotions in Dixie Hemmingway. As a main character she has it all,...more
I am really enjoying this series. Only one minor change that hardly anyone else would pick up on. (Nothing to do with plot; purely a description thing.)
I'm glad I have the third book ready to go. Can't get enough pet sitting!
I'm glad I have the third book ready to go. Can't get enough pet sitting!
Kind of like pistachios; if you read one you have to read all of her books. Love the main character---a pet sitter. Love the style, very enjoyable read.
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Would have been better without the unrelated death of a title character. Almost enough to make me not want to read this author again.
Would have been better without the unrelated death of a title character. Almost enough to make me not want to read this author again.
Another good mystery, but it was rather sad. At least, I though it was. But I like the main character and it was a good story.
Sarasota based pet sitter mystery - fun for me cuz I know the neighborhoods! Plus pet sitting!
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My passion is people. I think people are absolutely magnificent. Not the power-hungry heads of governments or churches or corporations who justify all kinds of horror if it suits their goals, but the rest of us. In spite of the awful things some human beings do in order to control other human beings, most people are peacefully going about their own business, and I applaud that. Families are the ba...more
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