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The fun continues with Bailey The Bloodhound in this cozy mystery series by @vmburnsbooks. This time Pris & Bailey are on the job to uncover the truth behind a suspicious bag of buried cash, the real identity of an heir to a 2 billion dollar estate & the whodunnit in a mysterious murder … or three!!

It looks pretty cut & dried at the beginning, who is causing all the mayhem, but the end brought a nice little twist and a pretty satisfying ending!

This series has been a lot of fun so far … the mysteries are engaging, the characters are loveable and it’s been a delight to get to know them all. Looking forward to more from Pris, Bailey and all their friends!

I received a complimentary copy and all opinions expressed are mine.

This is become one of my favourite cozy reads and can you blame me? I love me some Bailey. In Hounding a Killer we head back to Crosbyville to find missing money throw in an infuriating grandson ,some bones and fraud. I absolutely enjoyed and recommend it to everyone who loves a good cozy mystery. Cannot wait for the next one.

A good addition to the series. I enjoyed the time spent with Pris and Bailey and this mystery definitely had a lot of twists and turns. There were a few things that Pris did in this one that made me scratch my head – tampering with evidence even though she mentions so many times how much she has learned from mysteries that she has read and confronting potential killers. The pacing was a little off and it got repetitive at times. Otherwise, I enjoy the series enough to continue and hope these little things are resolved by the next one.

Hounding a Killer by Kallie E. Benjamin is a cute cozy mystery. My favorite character is Bailey the Bloodhound. I found Pris to be a little off in this book. Pris was too timid, she overreacted, her feelings got hurt easily, and she took things the wrong way (often). It got old quickly (I wanted to recommend that she see a counselor). I did not feel the chemistry between Pris and her boyfriend. They felt like good friends instead of romantic partners. The mystery was interesting with red herrings plus a twist or two. There was a long reveal at the end. I found the pacing to be a tad slow and there were repetitive details. I enjoyed the excerpts from the Bailey the Bloodhound book that Pris was working on. Hounding the Killer is the second A Bailey the Bloodhound Mystery and it can be read as a standalone for those who have not read Sniffing Out Murder. Hounding the Killer is a chaotic cozy mystery with a transferred festival, a departed recluse, heir issues, a missing man, a body found by a bloodhound, and catching a killer.

I just love Pris and all her friends’ characters! I really enjoyed that first book, but this one might just be even better. There was so much going on with Pris juggling a looming deadline, wanting to investigate but not let Gilbert know and being one of three adults watching over three tween-age girls, one of which was boyfriend police chief Gilbert’s own daughter. No pressure there, Pris, lol.

Bailey was at his sniffing best as he found clues and alerted when help was needed. The showdown was a good one and Pris’s pitching arm was still in great form. Everything that hadn’t been explained came out at the end as did Pris’s newest manuscript. I loved the title “The Case of the Dancing Dachshund” since I’ve got my own little dachshund who dances for food, lol. Very much hoping this series continues because I’ve definitely not read enough about Pris, Bailey and all their friends, I need more!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC provided via NetGalley by Berkley Publishing, and my opinions are my own.

Hounding a Killer is book #2 in the Bailey the Bloodhound Mystery series by Kallie E. Benjamin.

This is the first book that I read in the series and I had no trouble reading it as a standalone book. Pris is an author of children’s books starring her bloodhound, Bailey. Bailey’s adventures don’t just take place in books, he actually made a discovery which brought him and Pris into a murder investigation. I really enjoyed this book and plan to go back and read the first one.

Thank you to the author, Berkley, and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

Hello, was so excited to get book. I love the first book in this series and this one didn’t disappoint. I will continue with this series. Give it a try you won’t be disappointed. Thanks again NetGalley.

I love this new series starring a detective who happens to be a bloodhound and his person who writes children's books about a bloodhound detective (and investigates murder while dating the local police detective). Looks like the story would be simple, but there are several really diabolical twists and I got caught in a couple of the red herrings. Can't say more without getting into spoiler territory, but this is a really unputdownable book!
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I enjoyed this so much! On the edge of my seat trying to figure this out and I genuinely couldn’t. I had suspicions though! Only thing I will say is that Pris seemed to change a little ways into the book. She seemed really confident in the beginning and then became apologetic with everything. Besides this though, I enjoyed all the characters and loved Bailey! It’s nice that Pris is a children’s author of mysteries featuring Bailey!
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Pris and her bloodhound Bailey are back in their second investigation. It is time for the Crosbyville Fall Festival. This time the venue has been changed to the estate of Edward Townsend instead of the fairground. Townsend has recently died and the question of who will inherit the multi-billionaire's fortune is on everybody's mind.

Edward was something of a recluse, but he did patronize Pris's Aunt Agatha's diner for his Sunday dinner. Agatha and Edward were friends. Edward had lost track of his descendants and hired a private investigator to try to track down his heirs. Edward's lawyer found David Townsend who is a grandson. The private investigator found a young girl who is a more distant related.

Pris and Bailey are demonstrating his tracking ability when she discovers the body of one of Edward's trustees in a garden shed. He was badly beaten and dies shortly later in the hospital leaving a vacancy in the trustees who include his lawyer and his accountant - two women who don't get along at all well. Their rivalry is only one of the many at the Townsend estate.

Pris is more than willing to leave the investigation to her boyfriend who is the Chief of Police, but she keeps stumbling on clues. Things heat up when it is learned that Edward Townsend died of poison rather than of natural causes. Now, the Chief of Police has two murders to investigate. Besides the murder, there is also the matter of embezzlement from the estate and a backpack filled with $50,000 in cash which Bailey digs up.

This was an engaging cozy mystery. Pris is not your usual heroine given that she is prone to fainting when the going gets tough. But she and Bailey along with her boyfriend to solve the mystery in the end. And Pris does get her second Bailey the Bloodhound children's book finished too.

It was fun to visit with Pris and Bailey again. I also enjoyed revisiting Pris' crew, her friend Marcie, her Aunt Agatha, and of course Gilbert and Hannah. This book had tons of additional characters, sometimes to the point of confusion. Maybe a list at the beginning of the book would have helped readers. Pris, Bailey, and company get caught up at the estate of a recently decreased billionaire who had lended his estate for a town festival. When Bailey's demonstration of his tracking skills turns up a dead body, all heck breaks lose. When questions about one of the trustees of the estate come up, we find out that our estate owner was also murdered. With multiple murders, missing heirs, and missing money, can Pris and Baily help the police figure out what is really going on? Is someone going to get away with multiple murders? Who really is supposed to inherit all that money? Will Pris be able to finish her next Bailey the Bloodhound book on time? You are going to want to be around for all the action! Thanks to #Netgally, #BerkeleyPrimeCrime, and the author for a chance to read! #HoundingAKiller #ABaileyTheBloodHoundMystery #KallieEBenjamin #bookreview #bookideas #retiredreader

Hounding a Killer, the 2nd book in Kallie E. Benjamin's A Bailey the Bloodhound Mystery series, is even better than the first book and I loved that one. When Pris quit teaching elementary school to dedicate her time to writing a children's book featuring her bloodhound as a detective, she never imagined that she would be the one doing the investigating. Bailey is presented as a dog, because that is what he is, a very special dog who acts like a dog.
In this case, Pris and her best friend agree to chaperone a birthday sleep over for a trio of preteens including her boyfriend's daughter. The group is as energetic and excitable as the ones I used to teach, so they are absolutely realistic. The party has been approved to take place at a mansion before the death of the owner, but one of his trustees insist that he would want the sleep over and a festival to take place on the state to continue. The girls didn't know the gentleman, but a friend had arranged the weekend fun. Bodies showing up, suspicious deaths, violence, missing money and missing people keep Pris as well as her boyfriend and police chief busy trying to untangle the complicated piles of mysteries.
I have read every book V.M. Burns/Valerie Burns/Kallie E. Benjamin has published, and I have loved every one of them.
Thank you to NetGalley and Berley Publishing Group for allowing me to read an ARC of Hounding a Killer and share the fun with my friends and followers. This delightful tail is sure to entrance fans of cozy mysteries and dogs.
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Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, are attending the annual town festival. Days before a local Billionaire had passed away and his heir has shown up causing problems for the locals. After he goes missing, Pris and Bailey are asked to track him down. But on their search-and-rescue mission, Pris and Bailey sniff out fraud, theft, and a body.

I read the first book in this series and really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to this book. Unfortunately it fell a little flat for me. Pris seemed to be different in this book, more timid, easily hurt and taking things the wrong way and overreacting. The mystery was interesting but the characters just did not seem to have any chemistry and felt one note. I hope the author can find her way back because the first book really was good.