Sheryl C.D. Ickes

Cozy mysteries usually come with a pet sidekick who sometimes helps the amateur sleuth solve the crime. But in this particular series, "The Shady Hollow Mysteries," the animals ARE the sleuths. In fact, the whole storyline takes place in an animal world. Check out Juneau Black's first mystery in their series, Shady Hollow, with a first chapter sample as she talked with me, On the Writing Block!

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