Review at a Glance
- Title: Candidate for Murder
- My Rating: 4.5
- Genre: Mystery
- Format: audiobook*
- Publication Date: June 16, 2016
- Author: Lauren Carr
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Candidate for Murder Book Blurb
It’s election time in Spencer, Maryland, and the race for mayor is not a pretty one. In recent years, the small resort town has become divided between the local year-round residents who have enjoyed their rural way of life and the city dwellers moving into their mansions, taking over the town council, and proceeding to turn Deep Creek Lake into a closed gate community—complete with a host of regulations for everything from speed limits to clothes lines.
When the political parties force-feed two unsavory mayoral nominees on the town residents, Police Chief David O’Callaghan decides to make a statement—by nominating Gnarly, Mac Faraday’s German shepherd, to run as mayor of Spencer!
What starts out as a joke turns into a disaster when overnight Gnarly becomes the front runner—at which point his political enemies take a page straight out of Politics 101. What do you do when you’re behind in a race? Dig up dirt on the front runner, of course.
Seemingly, someone is not content to rest with simply embarrassing the front runner by publicizing his dishonorable discharge from the United States Army, but to throw in a murder for good measure.
With murder on the ballot, Mac Faraday and the gang—including old friends from past cases—dive in to clear Gnarly’s name, catch a killer, and save Spencer!
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As a quick reminder, here is my rating structure:
- 1 star: Did not finish
- 2 Stars: Finished but I do not recommend
- 3 Stars: Liked but could use some improvements
- 4 Stars: Loved this book!
- 5 Stars: Rare. The unput-down-able, binge read obsession.
My Thoughts
Lauren Carr is easily one of my favorite mystery writers and I say that knowing what a big statement that is. The reason I love her so much are her characters, especially the 4 legged friends.
In this particular series, we see Gnarly, a retired bomb sniffing dog, be nominated for mayor because the other two candidates are worthless. Oh yeah, and there are some murders to solve thrown in.
Lauren Carr always has me guessing and laughing. Her books always keep me entertained from beginning to end. I’ve never once been disappointed with one her stories, and Candidate for Murder is no exception.
It’s perfectly paced and written so well, with plenty of wit and charm. You can read these books as stand-alones or as a part of the series. I have read a lot of them, but not in order. I might go back and read them from beginning to end, just for fun.
Just go start this fun mystery series, because, trust me, you won’t be able to stop.
Thanks so much to Michelle Cox and iRead Book Tours for my copy of A Child Lost in exchange for an honest review.
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