Synopsis

That ornery, but oh, so handsome, charming, and somewhat, wayward angel, Detective Bobby Starr, has returned. This time, he’s back to fulfill his third and, hopefully, his final requirement to get into Saint Peter’s prestigious Guardian Angel Squad. This time, the usually reluctant time traveler, Alexa Owl, is ready to go back to the 1960s to assist in solving one more long-ago murder. Why? Because if all goes well, she’ll be rid of the menacing angel once and for all. Except, an emergency jerks Alexa back to her own time, and to complicate matters, she’s got a tag-along. Can Bobby solve this last case without Alexa’s help? After all, she’s got her hands full with a life-or-death mystery in the twenty-first century!

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Review

This has been such a fun series to follow. Alexa has been tapped by Saint Peter (maybe?) to assist Bobby Starr in solving three of his old cases that weren’t solved before he died so he can join the Guardian Angel Squad. Between these two, they have managed to track down the culprits and ensure they were tried for their crimes.

This book is a little different since Alexa is pulled back to the present with someone on her coattails that helps her resolve an issue in her time. This leaves Bobby to solve the murder on his own. Thankfully, Alexa has trained him well over the last two cases to think outside the box and question anyone and everything! So we have two mysteries to solve in this book. It was interesting how Alexa and Bobby both took matters into their own hands to resolve their cases. It might have been a little unorthodox, but whatever it takes to get the job done.

I love how some people can see Bobby, but not all. And how they call Alexa’s replacement Zombie Alexa. I can only imagine what it must be like. At least Winnie knows what is going on. Poor Holden has been left in the dark, and I’m not sure how he would take that sort of information.

There is some movement forward with the relationship between Cliff and Alexa at the end of this book. Where will it take them? We won’t know unless this series continues!

I do wonder if there will be more books because the whole point was to help Bobby solve 3 cases, and since that is done, what could possibly happen now? The author has left it open-ended for another book, or it could stop here.

We give this book 5 paws up.

About the Author

For twenty-six years C.S. McDonald’s life whirled around a song and a dance. Classically trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, The Pittsburgh Dance Alloy, and many others, she became a professional dancer and choreographer. During that time, she choreographed many musicals and an opera for the Pittsburgh Savoyards. In 2011 she retired from her dance career to write. Under her real name, Cindy McDonald, she writes murder-suspense and romantic suspense novels. In 2014 she added the pen name, C.S. McDonald, to write children’s books for her grandchildren. In 2016 she added the Fiona Quinn Mysteries to that expansion. She decided to write the cozy mystery series that everyone, including teens and tweens, can read and enjoy. Presently, the Fiona Quinn Mysteries nine books with a tenth slated for 2021. The books are also available on audio, narrated by Maren Swenson Waxenberg. Cindy’s newest venture is The Owl’s Nest Mysteries. Once again, she has set her cozy mystery in Pittsburgh. The female protagonist, Alexa Owl, is much different from Fiona Quinn. The Owl’s Next Mysteries has a little grit, a little time travel, a little romance, and a whole lot of cozy! Ms. McDonald resides on her Thoroughbred farm known as Fly by Night Stables near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bill, and her poorly behaved Cocker Spaniel, Allister.

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Meet the Narrator

Ms. Waxenberg is a voice over artist and presentation coach. She serves as a consultant to the Professional Development Company, Inc. teaching presentation and interview skills seminars to a variety of clients, Columbia MBA, and SIPA graduate students. Maren has a 30-year background in special events, performing arts production and the entertainment industry. In 1996, she founded Maren Productions which produces audio books, radio and television voice-overs, and podcasts. Maren Productions also offers special event production and consultancy services.

Ms. Waxenberg has worked in Special event production with George Trescher Associates, theater production and management at the TheatreVirginia in Richmond, the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, and The New Dramatists in New York. She edited and formatted feature films for ABC Motion Picture Post Production. Maren served as the concert manager of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall for four years, produced events for the promotion department of The New York Daily News, and has produced chamber music recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Ms, Waxenberg has produced, directed and performed in numerous Off-Broadway theatre productions. She trained with the CoActive Training Institute.

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