Parrots Prove Deadly A Pru Marlowe Pet Noire Book 3 (Audible Audio Edition) Clea Simon Tavia Gilbert Inc Blackstone Audio Books
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Parrots will repeat anything. They don't talk sense-or do they? When Pru Marlowe is called in to retrain a foulmouthed African gray after its owner's death, she can't help hearing the parrot's words as a replay of a murder scene. But the doctor on call scoffs at the idea, and the heirs just want their late mother's pet to stop cursing.
The only other possible witnesses being an evasive aide, a blind neighbor, and a single-minded service dog, Pru is stuck with what may be a featherbrained theory. Even her crotchety tabby Wallis doesn't buy it, although Wallis would be more than willing to "interrogate" the bird up close.
Meanwhile, Pru, the bad-girl animal psychic, is also called on to deal with drugs, jealousy, and a potential rabies outbreak.
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Parrots Prove Deadly A Pru Marlowe Pet Noire Book 3 (Audible Audio Edition) Clea Simon Tavia Gilbert Inc Blackstone Audio Books Reviews
There was enough of a compelling and intriguing appeal to induce me to complete this book. However, often the writing is confusing, quotations not clearly attributed, details lack realism and throughout there are a fair amount of grammatical and spelling errors.
Simon appears to borrow from the styles of Sue Grafton, and Janet Evanovich, which I find a bit ethically troublesome.
Content-wise; why doesn't Pru Marlowe, the protagonist, ensure her animal charges have water and food, and that the parrot is in a proper cage rather than stuck in a small "carrier" once she brings him home - also why can't she let him out to occasionally fly free in the room- (just lock the door against her cat?). Why does she even entertain the notion that miscreant Marc ought to be the new owner of the orphaned parrot when he obviously has no positive feelings for the bird? Why does she allow the raccoon to be kept in a "cage" at the animal shelter (her word, "pound") overseen by a semi-conscious manager? Why does she feed her own cat high fat human food, such as cheese and butter?
If the author truly is an animal lover, then these details must be addressed.
Why is Pru, the protagonist, so casual about her bitten hand-- seems very unrealistic. She never soaks it or applies antibiotics to it. Oddly, almost no one seems to notice the bandages, either.
The thing that made this book enjoyably unique were the author's clever animal thoughts and commentaries. These were humorous and quirky, and endearing... and indeed, thought provoking. And of course I wanted to read to the end to find out whodunnit.
Pru Marlowe is still adjusting to being back in her little hometown of Beauville in western Massachusetts, and working to establish her business of walking dogs and working with dogs and other animals as a behaviorist. She doesn't have her degree, yet; she had to cut short her education and get out of New York City for the same reason she has a slight edge over the average animal care professional.
She can communicate with animals mind to mind, sometimes even when she doesn't want to.
Her latest adventure starts when she gets a frantic phone call asking her to come help fix the behavior of a foul-mouthed African Grey Parrot. Randolph's human, the mother of the woman who called Pru, has died, and there is no one willing to take in the bird if his vocabulary doesn't get cleaned up.
Much of what he says seems to indicate that his person, Polly, was getting angry with people she believed were taking her things. Then he livens things further by making the sound of the elderly woman's walker being thrown to the ground.
Pru soon dealing with the dead woman's wishy-washy daughter who has provided most of her care, and her son, who has left the work to his sister but has very decided ideas about How Things Will Be Handled. Meanwhile, she's also handling a small matter of a raccoon trapped near, or in, a new condo development on the edge of town. Albert, the town's animal control officer has trapped it at the request of the condo manager, but has had to do so twice because the first time he didn't move it far enough before releasing it. Now the manager wants the animal destroyed, and Albert is asking Pru for help.
It's not long before Pru realizes there's something very odd going on at the LiveWell assisted living facility where Polly lived, and a little longer before she realizes there's also something odd about the new and not yet inhabited condo development.
It's a bit longer, even with help from her often snide cat Wallis, her grumpy walking client the bichon Growler, the worried and insistent Randolph, and even the raccoon, before she realizes the problems are connected. Being the stubborn, distrustful, ex-bad girl that she is, Pru doesn't really listen to the warnings and indirect information that her boyfriend, Beauville police detective Jim Crichton, is giving her about how dangerous are the things that are going on.
There are times I want to shake Pru and tell her to stop being a pig-headed idiot, but mostly she's an intelligent and resourceful woman, and she is nothing if not devoted to the welfare of her friends, both human and non-human--even if there are more of the non-human kind!
Recommended.
I bought this book.
I would get frustrated that Pru is supposed to be an "Animal Behavorist", but apparrently couldn't pick-up on some of the most obvious clues/hints that the animals were giving her.
Another great read for mystery and animal lovers alike from Clea Simon. This time, in addition to Wallis, Bitsy/Growler and Frank we meet Buster - and Randolph the parrot! If you've read any of the others in the series I promise you will not be disappointed with this one!
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