"Combines the soothing sleuthing of Murder, She Wrote with the
humble charm of All Creatures Great and Small." -- Publishers Weekly
STARRED review
For readers of The Thursday Murder Club comes a lighthearted mystery
with an incredible sense of place
It's springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the
exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows a shiny object.
(Because this is what ostriches do.) Cue veterinarian and amateur sleuth
Dr. Peter Bannerman, who surgically removes the object, which looks like
an ancient Viking artifact. Soon after, people around are horrified by a
series of animal mutilations. This sets Peter, and his talented sniffer
dog, Pippin, on the hunt for answers. Peter begins to suspect a link
between the Viking artifact, the mutilations, and a shadowy group of
white supremacists on the internet.
Before long Peter and Pippin are in over their heads, and the only way
for them to get out alive will be to unmask the mastermind before they
end up among their victims.