Foal Play: A Mystery: 1 (Colleen McCabe Series 1)

Winner of the Malice Domestic Award for Best First Traditional Mystery Novel. With a gutsy heroine a lovable dog sidekick quirky characters and a charming locale Kathryn OSullivans Foal Play is a zany fun-filled ride sure to please mystery readers.. Colleen McCabe is enjoying an uneventful summer in North Carolinas Outer Banks supervising her firefighters making rounds with her Border collie Sparky and keeping an eye on the wild horses escaped from the local sanctuary. But when a dead body washes up on shore she knows trouble has arrived in Corolla.. Colleen is ready to start work on the investigation but much to her irritation her best friend Sheriff Bill Dorman makes it clear he doesnt want her butting her nose in or poking around. The stubborn Colleen however is not so easily deterred. When a man with a gun is spotted lurking around the lighthouse and her former school teachers house explodes she adds arson and a second suspicious death to her informal investigation. Colleen soon finds herself juggling her job amorous advances from the towns developer and intrusions from the local press all while keeping information from Bill. Her secret sleuthing quickly comes to an end however when a bigger threat enters the picture.