Bird, Bath, and Beyond: An Agent to the Paws Mystery

The second in this hilarious cozy mystery series features a woman who is a talent agent for show biz animals and discovers that she has a talent herself: solving crimes.

“Admirers of old comedy sketches and anyone looking for a laugh-out-loud mystery should pick up this series launch by Copperman.” ―Library Journal (starred) on Dog Dish of Doom

“Readers will root for Kay to be more than pals with Sam Gibson, proprietor of Cool Beans coffee house―and, of course, to keep Bruno as more than a client. [Filled with] resilient, warm, funny supporting players.” ―Publishers Weekly on Dog Dish of Doom

“The wry, feisty heroine is a welcome addition to Copperman’s troupe.” ―Kirkus Reviews on Dog Dish of Doom

Kay Powell, theatrical agent to non-human animals, is babysitting―that is, birdsitting―her client, a parrot named Barney, on the set of his new TV show, Dead City. When the show’s charismatic star is shot in his trailer between scenes, the only eyewitness to the crime is―you guessed it―Barney. And even though Kay keeps explaining that even a “talking” parrot doesn’t actually converse with people, the investigators insist on interrogating the bird for information he clearly can’t communicate.

Suspects accumulate like birdseed, and before long it’s clear the killer believes Barney might actually be able to supply useful evidence. Even Barney can’t fly away from this one.

3 thoughts on “Bird, Bath, and Beyond: An Agent to the Paws Mystery”

  1. Fun cozy mystery 3.5 starsIn this second comical mystery in ‘An Agent to the Paws’ series, Kay Powell – the law school graduate/show business agent who represents talented animals – finds herself helping the police when a TV star is killed. The book can be read as a standalone.*****Kay Powell’s small New York talent agency represents dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, horses, chimpanzees, snakes…..and if her office manager Consuelo has her way, a flounder who wants to be in “The…

  2. When you just want to relax Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing an advanced digital copy of Bird, Bath, and Beyond by E. J. Copperman. This is the second in the ‘An Agent to the Paws Mystery’ series and my first book in the series. The mystery is self-contained and the reader does not need to have read the previous book to enjoy this one. There seem to be some relationships that are continued from the first book, particularly with secondary characters Sam and Lo, but it is easy to understand…

  3. Humorous Whodunit Bird, Bath, and Beyond is the second book in E. J. Copperman’s An Agent to the Paws Mystery series. This light and easy read has a well-plotted storyline and relatable and well-developed characters. There are lots of twists, turns, and laugh out loud moments in this cozy mystery.Kay Powell is the owner of a talent agency that specializes in animal actors, and she has an amazing office manager/assistant, Consuelo, who wants to be an agent. She grew up in a showbiz family, but her…

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