A Shot in the Bark by C.A. Newsome6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() But back to the story itself: I really did enjoy this, even with the lack of a comeuppance for the murderer, or even a sense that you are certain the murderer has been named. It is a quality that is often overlooked in audiobook narration, particular intention behind a character’s narration and tone, and she excelled at this story. ![]() ![]() Kudos to the author for the stylistic switch: and to the narration by Jane Boyer in which she imbues a harder and more calculating quality to the voicing of those sections. What is very well done is the cold, calculating and distinctly written and narrated point of view insets from the murderer him (or her) self. There are several characters introduced in the story, and it does make it a bit more difficult to narrow down the more important players from the group. Firstly, the dogs: I am a huge fan of do-related stories, and the particular insets of the many dogs and their associated personalities, as well as their relationships and correlations to their owners is cleverly done. While ostensibly the story is focused on a group of regulars at a dog park, the story works on several different levels that may be disconcerting for some readers. Newsome has added an interesting twist to the cozy mystery genre with the inset. ![]() Starting with a prologue that is told in a killer’s point of view, C.A. ![]()
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