Introducing M.K. Dean, author of cozy animal lovers mysteries, featuring veterinarian Ginny Reese and her lovable German Shepherd, Remington.
An Embarrassment of Itches (Ginny Reese Mysteries Book 1) is now available! Also on Books2Read links here. Also available on Audible!
It’s Diagnosis Murder meets All Creatures Great and Small…
As a house-call vet, Ginny Reese has seen her share of the weird and wacky. But nothing in her previous experience could have prepared her to find one of her clients floating in her own swimming pool.
Local artist Amanda Kelly was extremely wealthy with her share of secrets. By naming Ginny as her heir, not only did she make Ginny the number one suspect, but she painted a big bull’s eye on her friend’s back as well.
With her trusty German Shepherd at her side, it’s up to Ginny to find the real killer and prove her innocence to the sheriff. The new sheriff. Who happens to be her ex.
Piece of cake, right?
An Embarrassment of Itches was named best cozy mystery by the PRG Reviewer’s Choice Awards, the Best Indie Book Awards, and winner of the Distinguished Cozy Mystery Award. It was a runner up in the RONE Awards, and a finalist in the Silver Falchion Awards and Mayhem and Mystery Awards.
Kirkus Reviews called An Embarrassment of Itches “a well-paced and entertaining series opener with an appealing protagonist.”
In The Dog Days of Murder (Ginny Reese Mysteries Book 2) life couldn’t be better for house-call veterinarian, Ginny Reese. An impending inheritance has given her options she didn’t have before, and she is about to close the deal on buying her own practice from her longtime mentor. Not to mention, she’s been spending more time with her old flame, Sheriff Joe Donegan.
But the fur flies when the practice is bought out from under her by a smoking hot newcomer who also has ties to Joe. And things get really dicey when Ginny’s outrageous mother is heard making threats against Dr. Rachel Burnham.
When the new vet dies under suspicious circumstances, all fingers point to Ginny’s mom as the primary suspect. It’s up to Ginny and her trusty German Shepherd, Remy, to find the real killer before her mother goes down for murder.
The Dog Days of Murder is available from Amazon and these other retailers.
A Corpse in the Condo (Ginny Reese Mysteries Book3) is now available on Amazon and at these retailers. Vacations are supposed to be fun, but when veterinarian Ginny Reese combines a trip to a coastal island to check out an inherited property with patching up her relationship with her sister, things quickly get out of control.
First there’s a corpse in the condo. Then a fortune in artwork goes missing. The lead investigator is a publicity hound, and there’s a hurricane bearing down. To top it off, Ginny’s former boyfriend, Joe Donegan, believes the police are looking at her for insurance fraud and murder.
With the help of her friends and her trusty dog, Remington, it’s up to Ginny to find the paintings and the killer before the storm wipes everything away.
A Corpse in the Condo was a finalist in the 2024 Mayhem and Mystery Awards.
Barking All the Way is a holiday novella that takes place after the events in A Corpse in the Condo because I’m a sucker for holiday movies.
What do you do when a thief tries to ruin Christmas? Nab him, of course!
House-call veterinarian, Ginny Reese, is determined to get into the holiday spirit this season, even if it kills her. Which is why she agrees to be in charge of collecting the Secret Santa gifts and Angel Tree presents for the Greenbrier annual Christmas party.
But it looks like there may be a Grinch in town, when a series of random robberies and vandalism takes its toll on the citizens of Greenbrier, casting a pall on the festivities and threatening to ruin Christmas for the entire community.
Not to mention the emotional roller coaster Ginny is riding between trying to decide how she feels about Sheriff Joe Donegan, dealing with her own Scrooge-like mother, and choosing to fulfill a child’s greatest wish.
When the thief strikes close to home, it’s up to Ginny and her trusty German Shepherd, Remington, to nail the holiday bandit, and save Christmas for everyone.
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