Trap, Neuter, Die by Sharon Marchisello ~ Spotlight

Posted February 19, 2025 by karenbaron in Blog Tour, Contest - Giveaway, Spotlight / 1 Comment

Trap, Neuter, Die

Series: DeeLo Myer Cat Rescue Mystery #1

Author: Sharon Marchisello

Genre: Cozy Animal Mystery

Setting: Georgia

Release Date: October 29, 2024, by Level Best Books

Pages: 286

Summary:

DeeLo Myer, newly transplanted from Los Angeles to Pecan Point, Georgia, gets sentenced to forty hours of community service with the local humane society. She’s paired with the judgmental Catherine Foster, a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) guru who prefers feral cats to people. During DeeLo’s first night on duty, she and Catherine are led by a cat to the strangled body of a local bookstore owner.

The cop who investigates seems less concerned with solving a homicide than with Catherine’s violation of an antiquated animal ordinance rendering TNVR illegal. The following evening, when he arrests Catherine for violating the said ordinance, and then holds her as a suspect in the murder, DeeLo vows to prove Catherine’s innocence and get the ridiculous law changed. How hard could it be? She enlists her boyfriend/boss and the resources of his law office. Her quest for justice and legislative change leads her to high-profile members of the community, some of whom have motives for murder.

Excerpt

Catherine Foster preferred cats to people. I made that assessment shortly after I reported for my first assignment with the Pecan Point Humane Society: helping Catherine with the Trap-Neuter-Return program for feral felines.

When I arrived at her house at eight p.m. as scheduled, Catherine met me in the driveway in front of a rusted, dingy-white cargo van—the vehicle of choice for serial killers. Examining my neatly typed timesheet, she scrunched her flat face that reminded me of a Persian cat. “Delores Diane Myer-Johansson sounds like too many names.” She ignored my extended hand.

“I go by DeeLo.” I smiled like a salesperson trying to close a deal but got nothing in return.

Her flinty blue eyes swept my small frame from head to toe, judging whether I had dressed appropriately for traipsing around in the woods at night. She’d told me to wear comfortable shoes and warm clothes but to put on layers. Nothing too new or fancy. I had complied, from my oldest cashmere sweater down to last season’s suede boots.

“Why do they always send me the criminals?” Catherine pushed a strand of stringy, shoulder-length blond hair behind her protruding ear.

I winced. Criminal sounded harsh.

“What?” She raised her never-been-plucked eyebrows. “You’re not here of your own volition.”

That wasn’t fair. I’d always loved animals and had owned cats until my marriage. When the county clerk gave me a list of approved charities where I could perform my community service, I’d been happy to find the Pecan Point Humane Society as one of my choices. Working with furry pets beat picking up trash along the highway in an orange jumpsuit. “I… I wanted to be here.”

About the Author

Sharon Marchisello is the author of the DeeLo Myer cozy mystery series from Level Best Books, starting with Trap, Neuter, Die (2024). Her two previous mysteries were published by Sunbury Press: Going Home (2014) and Secrets of the Galapagos (2019). She is an active member of Sisters in Crime. She contributed short stories to the anthologies Shhhh…Murder! (Darkhouse Books, 2018) Finally Home (Bienvenue Press, 2019) and Smoking Guns (Wildside Press, 2024). Her personal finance book Live Well, Grow Wealth (2018) was originally published as Live Cheaply, Be Happy, Grow Wealthy, an e-book on Smashwords. Sharon has published travel articles, book reviews, corporate training manuals, and a personal finance blog called Countdown to Financial Fitness. She grew up in Tyler, Texas, and earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston in French and English. She studied for a year in Tours, France, on a Rotary scholarship and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her Masters in Professional Writing at the University of Southern California. Retired from a 27-year career with Delta Air Lines, she lives in Peachtree City, Georgia, doing volunteer work for the Fayette Humane Society, the Fayette County Master Gardeners UGA Extension, and the Friends of the Peachtree City Library.

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