Double Dog Dare by Gretchen Archer is the seventh book in the “Davis Way” crime caper series. Publisher: Henery Press, coming March 20, 20018

Problem #1: Bootsy Howard
Davis Way Cole lives a (relatively) quiet, (somewhat) simple, and (completely) witch-free life with her husband and twin daughters on the 29th floor of the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Until Bootsy Howard shows up demanding a million dollars.

Problem #2: Princess Smucker
What was marketing thinking when they booked the Southern Canine Association’s annual dog show at the Bellissimo? And what was Davis thinking when she agreed to let a dog stay with her? For a week? In her home? The home where she lives a (fairly) quiet, (reasonably) simple, and (totally) manicotti-free life?

Problem #3: Leverette Urleen, MD
The last thing Davis needs is an unsolicited house call from Pine Apple, Alabama’s latest excuse for a doctor. But since he’s there, considering she has a dead body on ice, she might as well have him determine the cause of death. Which he doesn’t. Nor is he any help finding the body when Davis loses it.

On top of all that, he won’t leave, further disrupting Davis’s (more or less) quiet, (to a certain degree) simple, and (utterly) seersucker-free life. A life that’s about to go to the dogs. Unless Davis can learn a few new tricks. Fast.

Guaranteed woofs, the best thing since the bone, take Double Dog Dare for a walk and you’re sure to unleash a treat.

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The laughs do not stop, not even after the last page is read. In the life that is Davis, we are caught in the middle of a fiasco of hilarity that starts with a chatterbox, a kidnapping, a disgruntle pooch, a witch and a quack of a doctor. All this sets the stage for an immersion of laughter, calamity and downright fun times as Davis does what she does best and that is fix the problem without being thrown in the clinker.

Once again, Gretchen has engaged and entertained me with the antics from the cast of characters in this well-written and well-executed caper that had me immersed in all that was happening. The narrative was visually descriptive putting me in the middle of this fast-paced, action-packed drama where anything is possible if you use your ingenuity and specialized talent. With Fantasy (OMG, I cracked up at the lip scene), Vree (her praying while interspersed with a Fantasy and Davis dialogue had me laughing), Bradley (poor man as he’s married to Davis) and the adorable twins (woof, woof, woof) by her side, nothing will stop her from what needs to be done. How the author keeps this series fresh is a testament to her talent in telling a story that will keep you glued to the pages and in stitches. This is one of my favorite books in this delightfully terrific series.

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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.