Sparkle Abbey

• Dec-2012
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aro Lamont -- pet therapist -- and her cousin Melinda Langston -- owner of The Bow Wow Boutique -- pamper the kitties and pooches of Laguna Beach’s elites. Unfortunately, their human clients keep turning up dead.  “We were at an art exhibiti...

• Jun-2013
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One of Laguna Beach's best-known plastic surgeons may need a new leash on life. Unless he's just taking a very long nap on the bench outside Melinda Langston's Bow Wow Boutique . . . Excerpt: Dr. O'Doggle continued to give us the silent treatment...

• May-2014
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"Fifty Shades of Greyhound gives 'roll over and play dead' a whole new meaning!"--Ethel Merman & Ella Fitzgerald, canine companions to award-winning author, Holly JacobsIt was a killer party. Caro Lamont, Laguna Beach's favorite pet therapist, is...

• Nov-2014
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She has to stay low. Ears to the ground. Danger's nipping at her heels.Mel's tracking a killer in the world of racing dachshunds. Wiener takes all at the Laguna Beach Dachshund Dash. Melinda Langston, owner of Bow Wow Boutique, and her quirky assista...

• Jun-2015
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Anyone for tea and crumpets ... and murder? Caro Lamont, amateur sleuth and well-respected animal therapist to Laguna Beach's pampered pets, works with office mate and tech wizard, Graham Cash, whose beloved Scottish Fold tabby cat, Toria, is pur...

• Mar-2016
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Mel's enemy may be barking up the wrong tree . . .

But someone is about to become a killer.

Melinda Langston, amateur sleuth and Bow Wow Boutique owner, finds herself “Glamping Under the Stars” with a blackmailer, Orange County's ho...

• Nov-2017
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“Such a cute series!” - Polished Nails and Puppy Dog Tales blog

Lights! Camera! Murder!
A star-studded fundraiser to help provide service dogs for wounded warriors sets tongues wagging . . . about Caro Lamont, pet therapist to the star...

• Sep-2018
• / Amateur Sleuth
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“Sympathetic and delightful heroines.” -- King’s River Life Magazine

Who knew the world of designer purses could be such a dog-eat-dog business?

When a local, designer handbags store owner is found dead, the police first believe ...

• Jul-2021
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**This is a SHORT 10K word story**Canines are on the catwalk at this Laguna Beach dog fashion show—a heartworm awareness fundraiser—where former Texas beauty queens and currently-not-speaking-to-each-other cousins, Caro and Mel, are in at...