Eleven Huskies (A Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #3) by Philipp Schott

Thanks to ECW Press and NetGalley for providing me review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

🐕 Dr. Peter Bannerman, the vet-turned-sleuth, is back in this third mystery of the series. Peter received a call to attend the sick sled team of huskies (eleven of them) belong to a fishing lodge in northern Manitoba, where Peter and his family planned to spend summer holiday on a canoeing trip. It turns out to be a poisoning case. Who would do that, and why? Was there a connection between the dog poisoning with the plane crash which had happened at the same time?

🐕 Three people were dead from the plane crash. It was caused by a shot aimed originally to the pilot. As usual, Peter is involuntarily wondering what is the motive? But, of course, his main attention right now is in the huskies. That, and the upcoming canoeing trip with Laura (his wife), Kevin (his brother in the police force), and Stuart (Kevin's boyfriend). Last but certainly not least, Pippin the dog, Peter's great sniffer who has helped him in previous cases, will accompany Peter in this trip, which would be one they'll never forget!

🐕 It's refreshing to see Peter and Pippin out from New Selfoss, their home village, on this adventure. Following their canoeing trip in the forest and on the lake felt like having the trip myself. Moreover, Schott described the landscape beautifully, it added a nice experience in the reading. It's also packed with suspenseful actions involving huge wildfire, where Pippin appeared to be the hero again.

🐕 All in all, it's an entertaining cozy mystery. The murder mystery itself isn't too intriguing. Something the murderer had said several chapters before last instantly told me who the murderer most probably be, and I wasn't wrong. In fact, we didn't get to know the suspects very well to be able to guess, and but for that "revelation" I wouldn't have any clue. But it's a cozy anyway, and I guess I'm more interested to know whether the lead dog of the eleven huskies would make it at the end or not, than who the real murderer was.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5


**Eleven Huskies will be published in 14th May 2024**