Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley

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Critters and Crimes

by Elizabeth Pantley

Series: Magical Mystery Book Club #11
Series Rating:
Published by Independently Published Setting: Cascade Valley, Colorado; Rivershade
Genres: Cozy Paranormal Animal Mystery
Pages: 336
Format: ebook, Kindle
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Also in this series: Shifting and Shenanigans, Vampires and Villains, Cowboys and Chaos, Bakeries and Buffoonery, Genies and Gibberish, Secrets and Scallywags, Hexes and Hooligans, Sprites and Scuttlebutt, Meditation and Mischief, Carousels and Characters, Puzzles and Premieres

A quaint riverside town holds many secrets ... and the only ones who’ve seen it all are the critters. This book club dives (literally!) into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group must solve the mystery to get out of the book. It’s so much fun - you’ll wish you had a book club like this!

In this journey, they choose a book set in a lovely riverside town. They land in a charming neighborhood and find they are part of a local book club. They are having a great time – and then a dead body shows up. (Of course it does!)

The clues to what happened come to them in a unique way – via the critters in the house.

As usual, the club finds plenty of time to enjoy the unique setting of their journey, as they solve the mystery – one critter at a time.

Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley takes place in a cute little riverside town that looks adorable but harbors deadly secrets within its community.

Can the Book Club solve the mystery to get out of the book?

The Book Club

Paige and the rest of the gang are back for another awesome mystery. I still love all of the characters, which are fantastic. Paige is still loving the aspect of going into these mysteries and solving them. Zell is still a hoot, and I love all of her hilarious antics. Sebastian was the perfect character for this book because he was an excellent gossiper and got the other characters talking. Atticus is the voice of reason, and Forrest helped a lot as well.

The Mystery

The Book Club entered this book without knowing much about what was to happen or the mystery, unlike in the other mysteries they have entered. I found that I liked this type, since it was nice to discover the body and how the mystery would unfold with the characters. Ms. Pantley almost caught me on some of those red herrings. I especially liked the critters’ involvement in the mystery. The mystery had me confused until I started to connect the clues in my head, and wow, was this mystery a doozie! I almost missed some of the clues.

Four Stars

My rating for Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley is four stars. I liked this mystery from Ms. Pantley as it was very funny. Ms. Pantley always surprises me with how much imagination she has to create basically these two stories for the Book Club to be involved in. I will always recommend these books, as they are so well written, and, of course, Ms. Pantley’s other series as well.

Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club Series

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley.

Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

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Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

• 2026 Cloak and Dagger
• 2026 Craving the Cozies
• 2026 Cruisin' thru the Cozies
• 2026 Finish the Series RC
• 2026 Goodreads RC
• 2026 Medical Examiner Mystery RC
• 2026 Six Shooter RC

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