I love Pewter, Mrs. Murphy, and Tucker! This time they have their work cut out for them. While Harry deals with health issues of her own, she also gets involved in trying to solve the mystery of 3 deaths of people, who work at the medical center. I think the thing I like best about these books is the extra understanding you get by the the animals have to say. It isn't hokey and it isn't nursery rhyme-ish. It just works. I'm sure that Sneaky Pie Brown, who co-writes these books with Ms. Brown, is responsible for the conversations among the animals.

There's an awful lot of technical information about cancer in this book. That could have been disconcerting, but Brown presents it in such a way that it works with the storyline. The only thing I found bothersome was the urban legend about the harvesting of kidneys (guy wakes up in a hotel room in a tub filled with ice and a note nearby that says he needs to call 911 because one of his kidneys has been stolen). I haven't gone back to check in the book if this was a clue, but a statement made to Harry by a doctor. Hmmm. I don't think so!

This was a fast read for me. Brain research shows that once you've read a book by one author, you'll read subsequent books by that author faster because your brain learned the way that author structures sentences. The other reason is you should never take 2 Sudafed for allergies at 2 p.m. and then take 2 more at 11:30 p.m. What was I thinking?! I finally got to sleep about 3:30 this morning - but I did finish the book! :-)