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Sparkle Abbey

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July 21

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Mystery, Crime, Humor and Comedy

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Sparkle Abbey is the pseudonym of two mystery authors (Mary Lee Woods and Anita Carter). They are friends and neighbors as well as co-writers of the Pampered Pets Mystery Series. The pen name was created by combining the names of their rescue pets - Sparkle (Mary Lee’s cat) and Abbey (Anita’s dog). They reside in central Iowa, but if they could write anywhere, you would find them on the beach with their laptops and depending on the time of day either an iced tea or a margarita.)

Desperate Housedogs (Book 1), Get Fluffy (Book 2), Kitty Kitty Bang Bang (Book 3), Yip/Tuck (Book 4), Fifty Shades of Greyhound (Book 5), and The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo (Book 6) are available in large-print through Gale-Thorndike and are part of the Clean Rea ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 3,377 ratings · 573 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Desperate Housedogs (Pampered Pets Mystery, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 1,281 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Get Fluffy (Pampered Pets Mystery, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitty Kitty Bang Bang (Pampered Pets Mystery, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Shades of Greyhound (Pampered Pets Mystery #5) 3.88 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yip/Tuck (Pampered Pets Mystery, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Downton Tabby (Pampered Pets Mystery, #7) 4.19 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo (Pampered Pets Mystery, #6) 3.92 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raiders of the Lost Bark (Pampered Pets Mystery, #8) 4.29 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barking with the Stars (Pampered Pets Mystery, #9) 4.35 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dogfather (Pampered Pets Mystery, #10) 4.42 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A house and two cats. We should all be so happy to have those things.”
― Sparkle Abbey, Kitty Kitty Bang Bang

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“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
― Sparkle Abbey, The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo

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“I get so frustrated with people my age who think they’re too old to embrace technology. I love it.”
― Sparkle Abbey, Fifty Shades of Greyhound

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Sparkle’s Quotes

“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”
― Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

tags: humor

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“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.”
― Phyllis Diller

tags: anger, funny, sleep

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“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: classic-insult, funeral, funny, humor

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

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