The Mysterious Case of the Missing Dog Walker
(The Redemption Detective Agency)
by Michele Pariza Wacek
About The Mysterious Case of the Missing Dog Walker
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Dog Walker (The Redemption Detective Agency)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – 1990s Wisconsin
Publisher : Love-Based Publishing (June 18, 2025)
Print Length ~200 Pages
Digital ASIN : B0DJ7Y1QZR
Emily Hildebrandt is not having a good week.
First off, she’s tasked with looking for, of all things, a missing dog. And not just any missing dog, but one owned by the aunt of Nick Stewart’s girlfriend, Trisha.
Like she wants anything to do Nick. Ever. She’s dating someone new and ready to take her life back.
Except…that missing dog case takes a strange turn when the owner tells her she never had a dog.
Why would Trisha lie about a missing dog? Or is Trisha’s aunt the one is lying?
As Emily digs deeper into the case, she uncovers far more than she bargained for.
A spin-off from the Charlie Kingsley Mystery series! The Redemption Detective Agency is a funny, twisty cozy mystery series set in the 1990s featuring silver sleuths solving cold cases. Great for fans of the Thursday Murder Club.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Redemption, Wisconsin, is a very unique town. Strange and unexplained events happen regularly, harkening back to an occurrence in 1888. This story is set in the 1990s, and while some things have changed, odd happenings still take place.
The Redemption Detective Agency is very unique too. Tilde used to be a nurse but knows nothing about running a detective agency or solving cases. Mildred is a retired schoolteacher who is determined that she is right about almost everything, but like Tilde, she has no knowledge of how to detect anything. Then there is Nora. She owns a used bookstore, and she should know how to run a business, but nope, and no knowledge of investigations, but she will bake cookies for their stakeouts.
Emily Hildebrandt’s personal and professional lives had imploded, and her Aunt Tilde and her friends brought her into the fold of their crazy detective agency chaos. Their current case is the search for a missing dog owned by the aunt of Nick Stewart’s girlfriend, Trisha. Yes, Nick, Emily’s got it bad for Nick, but he is with Trisha, and she is dating Jerome. Jerome is perfectly nice, but he doesn’t make her heart flutter the way Nick does.
So it’s Emily managing the office, doing her best to keep the ladies out of trouble, and searching for the missing dog, while trying to put her life into some semblance of order.
When Tricia’s aunt denies ever having a dog, Emily is confused. Trish’s strange behavior leads her to believe there is much more to the story.
Book 2 in this spinoff of the author’s Charlie Kingsley series doesn’t disappoint, and you don’t have to read the other series to enjoy this one.
Tilde, Nora, and Mildred are a hoot! Emily is a saint for taking them on. Her elderly workmates are so excited to investigate anything and want all the fancy gadgets they can get. I caught myself giggling and laughing out loud at their antics. The explanation about what happened when the ladies took Nora’s cat on a stakeout was spectacular. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. The author brings these characters to life in the best ways. The dialogues are written with a skilled hand, and the descriptions of their interactions take the reader right into the scenes.
Now there was a mystery for Emily to solve, and it does get off to a peculiar start. She interviewed people, asked the right questions, listened carefully, and did her research. Each clue uncovered pushed her to keep digging. Some information connected to questionable things from her past. Soon, she had information that could get her into a lot of trouble. She just needed to spin her conclusion of the case in the right way to her Aunt Tilde, Nora, and Mildred, and heed the warning she was given.
While she was working on the missing dog case, the ladies were working on a cheating spouse case. Emily thought some of their actions were unethical, and she was right about the client, but Tilde, Mildred, and Nora felt they lived up to their motto, “Solving the Unsolvable”.
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Dog Walker is mysterious, hilarious, and fabulous. Emily has been dealt a rough hand, but she has landed where she needs to be. She has a talent for sleuthing tough cases and the patience to handle everything her Aunt Tilde, Mildred, and Nora throw at her, even when it comes to her love life.
Nick or Jerome? What will be the Redemption Detective Agency’s next case? With the title of book 3, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ghost, we get a huge hint. Release Date – September 23, 2025! I can’t wait!
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About Michele (PW) Pariza Wacek
A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she wanted to write stories so badly. It took some time (and some detours) but she does spend much of her time writing stories now. Mystery stories, to be exact. They’re clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix. If that wasn’t enough, she posts lots of fun things on her blog, including short stories, puzzles, recipes and more, at MPWNovels.com.
Michele grew up in Wisconsin (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she herself escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona, with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.
When she’s not writing, she’s usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she’s an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she’s not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr. PW is in charge of the cooking.)
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The 1st book in the series – The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive is available on Kindle Unlimited too.
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