tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post1535807861770672396..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: Pets in MysteriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-52710311980543349732009-01-09T17:26:00.000-05:002009-01-09T17:26:00.000-05:00Hi Eden!So nice to see another friendly face from ...Hi Eden!<BR/>So nice to see another friendly face from First Coast Romance Writers. I just knew you were a dog person. Thanks so much for dropping by the blog and leaving a comment.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-53552713986300354522009-01-09T15:50:00.000-05:002009-01-09T15:50:00.000-05:00Hi Nancy!I love your comment about the pet that ju...Hi Nancy!<BR/>I love your comment about the pet that just showed up in your story. Isn't that just the way these things happen? I can't imagine a world without animals. Your panther/house cat sounds like a fun character. I can't wait to try out La Vida Vampire. Thanks for stopping by!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-35262298858941226282009-01-09T15:20:00.000-05:002009-01-09T15:20:00.000-05:00Hi, Maggie! Great post!I also love animals in book...Hi, Maggie! Great post!<BR/><BR/>I also love animals in books - Spenser's Pearl, Bob and Rex in the Plum series, Midnight Louie in Carole Nelson Douglas's Las Vegas series, Linda O. Johnston's pet sitting series, Angie Fox's Pirate. And those are just the mysteries!<BR/><BR/>I had a panther-to-house cat shapeshifter in La Vida Vampire, one who comes back in the second book for more fun. She's not a pet, and I didn't think about having an animal in the story. She just showed up.<BR/><BR/>Maggie, you're a super fine writer, and I look forward to you next releases!!<BR/><BR/>Viva the Stiletto Gang!<BR/><BR/>Light,<BR/>Nancy HaddockNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019662451227188065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-47393414523610293472009-01-09T15:19:00.000-05:002009-01-09T15:19:00.000-05:00Uh oh! I'm self replicating. Sorry. I thought I'd ...Uh oh! I'm self replicating. Sorry. I thought I'd misspelled the Catcha thingy and my last comment posted twice. Maybe my alternate self will get in here and shovel out my office.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-55998144921486543462009-01-09T15:18:00.001-05:002009-01-09T15:18:00.001-05:00Hi PA Brown! LA Boneyard sounds like a fun book. N...Hi PA Brown! LA Boneyard sounds like a fun book. Nothing like a pet to add to the tension already existing between a couple. I'll bet the fictional abandoned Doberman has issues; though I must say there are many dogs of that breed that are quite pleasant to be around. Thanks for stopping by!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-84103210690586730002009-01-09T15:18:00.000-05:002009-01-09T15:18:00.000-05:00Hi PA Brown! LA Boneyard sounds like a fun book. N...Hi PA Brown! LA Boneyard sounds like a fun book. Nothing like a pet to add to the tension already existing between a couple. I'll bet the fictional abandoned Doberman has issues; though I must say there are many dogs of that breed that are quite pleasant to be around. Thanks for stopping by!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-6320895678588956982009-01-09T13:53:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:53:00.000-05:00I love animals in mysteries, though I prefer them ...I love animals in mysteries, though I prefer them to be 'real', rather than talking or in communication with their owners. I added a dog to my next Chris and David mystery L.A. Boneyard, where Chris rescues an abandoned Doberman. David is not thrilled by the idea, which brings tension in to their relationship which mirrors other issues they were having, so the dog stands between them as a physical representation of their emotional issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-21834347987464503082009-01-09T13:41:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:41:00.000-05:00Hey again, Maggie!I just had to stop back by and l...Hey again, Maggie!<BR/>I just had to stop back by and let you know I absolutely adore your Granddoggie. What an adorable little sweet face :)) Yeah, I talk all gooshie about furbabies just like I do the bald variety. Thanks for sharing Missie with us both today but also in In For A Penny!<BR/>EllenEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753986941210045860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-13307569757205291072009-01-09T13:11:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:11:00.000-05:00Hi Angie,Thanks for stopping by to comment. The Ac...Hi Angie,<BR/>Thanks for stopping by to comment. The Accidental Demon Slayer is definitely on my to-be-read list. I can't wait to hear what Pirate has to say. best of luck with this book and the rest of your series.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-16947002429826934332009-01-09T12:48:00.000-05:002009-01-09T12:48:00.000-05:00Great post. I love to read about animals in books ...Great post. I love to read about animals in books - they're such a part of our lives, why not have them in our mysteries?<BR/><BR/>People laugh because the dog in my series always seems to make it onto both the front and back covers of the book. But why not? He's a lot of fun. And since The Accidental Demon Slayer is a paranormal, Pirate the dog gets to talk, and say the kinds of things that we all know our pets are thinking anyway.<BR/><BR/>And, yes, Bob the dog in the Janet Evanovich series makes me laugh everytime. :)Angie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843918280581285622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-22203790920840891142009-01-09T10:40:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:40:00.000-05:00Barbra,Thanks for stopping by! Best of luck with p...Barbra,<BR/>Thanks for stopping by! Best of luck with placing your mystery. Be sure and let us know when it is picked up.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-47070184063246535412009-01-09T10:37:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:37:00.000-05:00Dianne,Thanks for dropping by! There's a good bit ...Dianne,<BR/>Thanks for dropping by! There's a good bit of mystery in many romances, so I'm sure you would enjoy dipping your toe in the mystery pool as well. Come on in, the water's fine!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-84450623085640509552009-01-09T10:36:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:36:00.000-05:00JL,I adore your big titled books, and your pets ar...JL,<BR/>I adore your big titled books, and your pets are fun to read as well. I'm going to share a secret about JL. She's a whiz at writing clean and fast and her books get rave reviews. Thanks for stopping by!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-32690432080230541462009-01-09T10:34:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:34:00.000-05:00Terry,So many pets in books! Pearl, Rex, Starsky a...Terry,<BR/>So many pets in books! Pearl, Rex, Starsky and Hutch, and Wolf. You mentioned Rex the hamster and it jogged my memory about Bob the dog, also in the Stephanie Plum series. He's pretty unforgetable, LOL! Thanks for stopping in.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-29400350830942639662009-01-09T10:31:00.001-05:002009-01-09T10:31:00.001-05:00Great list here, MaggieBarbra Anninowww.barbraanni...Great list here, Maggie<BR/><BR/>Barbra Annino<BR/>www.barbraannino.comBarbra Anninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178069602463458520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-32242096776263800582009-01-09T10:31:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:31:00.000-05:00Leanne,I love your wine-themed cats. There's a cer...Leanne,<BR/>I love your wine-themed cats. There's a certain feeling I get after a few sips of wine when I feel like I have that cat-like Zen mode. Its a fleeting mood, and probably the guys in white coats will come after me for saying it, but I believe cats are extremely perceptive. I am very interested in reading your series. Thanks for posting!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-28477442647759700942009-01-09T10:28:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:28:00.000-05:00Maggie, thanks for your insight. Maybe it's becaus...Maggie, thanks for your insight. Maybe it's because I don't write mysteries and don't read many, but I never thought of using an animal as a contributing character. As usual, you've given me something to think about. <BR/>Thanks again,<BR/>Dianne HigbeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-33910983984136093912009-01-09T10:27:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:27:00.000-05:00Hey, Maggie: I always have a cat or dog in my book...Hey, Maggie: <BR/><BR/>I always have a cat or dog in my books, too. If nothing else, it gives my heroine someone to talk to (and since I write first-person mysteries, that can sometimes be useful!)<BR/><BR/>JJ Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-68988241137227452572009-01-09T10:21:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:21:00.000-05:00I can think of Pearl (two of them, actually) in th...I can think of Pearl (two of them, actually) in the Spenser series, and I love Rex the hamster in the Stephanie Plum series. And there's the bulldog in Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware novels (two of them in that one, too.)<BR/><BR/>The hero of Finding Sarah is a big "nothing matters but the job" cop, but he's got 2 cats -- Starsky & Hutch. And in my newest, When Danger Calls, a German Shepherd named Wolf is a very important character (along with a stuffed dog, "Mr. Snuggles.)<BR/><BR/>Great post.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-25273656094336509362009-01-09T10:14:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:14:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for writing about pets in mysteries...Thanks so much for writing about pets in mysteries!!<BR/><BR/>I have a new series called "Cats in Trouble Mysteries." The first title is The Cat, The Quilt and The Corpse and will be released May 5th by Obsidian/Penguin. My helpful felines in the mysteries are Chablis, Syrah and Merlot. Wine is great inspiration!<BR/><BR/>Leann Sweeney, who also writes the Yellow Rose Mysteries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-9109358587803605362009-01-09T10:08:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:08:00.000-05:00Hi Rhonda,Thank you for posting about the Irish Wo...Hi Rhonda,<BR/>Thank you for posting about the Irish Wolfhound, Whiskey. I'm thrilled about there being a tie between the Evelyn Daivd books and animal rescue. And I love Whiskey's face, sorta a cross between I-know-what-you're-thing and who-me? I think pets sense things aren't right long before humans figure things out, and your Whiskey looks like an ace detective!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-29193028312245436002009-01-09T09:53:00.001-05:002009-01-09T09:53:00.001-05:00Hi Maggie,I had problems spelling Stiletto too whe...Hi Maggie,<BR/><BR/>I had problems spelling Stiletto too when we started the blog a year ago. <BR/><BR/>"Whiskey" the Irish wolfhound in "Evelyn David's" books is our hero's sidekick and furry sounding board. "Whiskey's" photo, shown on the cover of all our books, is actually a photo of a rescued Irish wolfhound in England. The owner allowed us use of the photo in exchange for a page in our books on Irish wolfhound rescue groups.<BR/><BR/>Rhonda<BR/>aka The Southern Half of Evelyn DavidThe Stiletto Ganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667670723330755598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-22207189673806147482009-01-09T09:53:00.000-05:002009-01-09T09:53:00.000-05:00I got an email at home from HENRY DANIS who had a ...I got an email at home from HENRY DANIS who had a list of pets in mysteries that struck a chord with him. I'll cut and paste his message here to add to the list of pets in mysteries.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who series. Supposedly James Quilleran’s two cats KoKo and Yum Yum guide Mr. Quilleran to a solution<BR/><BR/>Donna Andrews, the Meg Langslow series. All the stories revolve around animals (both in the title and central to the storyline) and Meg’s pet (Spike) is often a central character. <BR/><BR/>Nancy Bush’s, Jane Kelly series introduces a pet (The Binkster) for Jane who is instrumental in the second book of the series and involved in the first.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>A new series:<BR/><BR/>Linda O. Johnston’s, Kendra Ballantyne, Petsitter Mysteries. I’ve read the first book, Sit, Stay, Slay which was wonderful. I’ve got the rest on my to read shelf now.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>From my childhood, I remember a few Lassie mysteries:<BR/><BR/>Lassie and the Mystery at Blackberry Bog<BR/><BR/>Lassie the Mystery of Bristlecone Pine (a special favorite of mine)<BR/><BR/>Lassie Lost in the Snow<BR/><BR/>Lassie: the Secret of the Smelter's Cave (also a big favorite)<BR/><BR/>From publisher Grosset and Dunlap a kid’s science/adventure series (aka mysteries) Rick Brant by John Blaine. This series is in the same vein as The Hardy Boys, except better written and less well known.<BR/><BR/>Rick’s dog Dismal plays a role in several stories.<BR/><BR/>-- thanks so much for taking the time to comment, Henry!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-43082999021783504672009-01-09T09:43:00.000-05:002009-01-09T09:43:00.000-05:00Marica,Thanks to Rhonda the computer whiz my spell...Marica,<BR/>Thanks to Rhonda the computer whiz my spelling goof has been eliminated from cyberspace. Like you, I want to help animals, which is why the proceeds from my NO SECOND CHANCE are helping Days' End Farm Horse Rescue in Lisbon, MD. They are always strapped for operating expenses and in this down economy, more people are abandoning their horses. Its a big job to take care of horses. Their website is www.defhr.orgMaggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-34055235758976823762009-01-09T09:40:00.000-05:002009-01-09T09:40:00.000-05:00Rhonda,You're my hero! My heroine too. Thanks for ...Rhonda,<BR/>You're my hero! My heroine too. Thanks for saving me from my stupid mistake.<BR/>What fun to be here. <BR/><BR/>And thanks to you I can almost spell stiletto without having to back up and fix that too. I want to have a word with Mirriam Webster and Dictionary.com though and tell them the word needs another "l".Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.com