Saturday, August 24, 2024

Six top crime novels with a focus on nature

Ayla Rose is an author and lawyer who lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont. When not writing, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, gardening, and spending time with her husband, sons, and the family’s three dogs.

Her new novel, Murder on Devil's Pond, is book 1 in The Hummingbird Hollow B&B Mystery series.

At CrimeReads Rose tagged six "favorite crime novels (or series) with a focus on the outdoors." One title on the list:
A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier

If you enjoy adventure (and dogs!) with your nature, don’t miss Paula Munier’s Mercy Carr Mystery Series, the first of which is A Borrowing of Bones. The books take place in Vermont and feature soldier Mercy Carr and her deceased fiancĂ©’s retired bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, both of whom are suffering from PTSD when they return stateside. In A Borrowing of Bones, Mercy and Elvis discover a crying baby and a shallow grave filled with remains in the Vermont wilderness during one of their long treks. The two pair up with U.S. Game Warden Troy Warner and his search and rescue Newfoundland Susie Bear to solve a cold-case murder and find the infant’s mother. The descriptions of Vermont will transport you to the Green Mountain State, and did I mention dogs?
Read about another novel on the list.

My Book, The Movie: A Borrowing of Bones.

The Page 69 Test: A Borrowing of Bones.

--Marshal Zeringue