Review: Wild ride!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
A group of church ladies who have come to the house for a meeting finds a bank president and his wife at home in their pajamas with their throats slashed and their red German Shepherd, Tasha, locked in a bathroom and going crazy with fear.Becky McAllen, a dog lover and wife of the police chief of Spike, Texas, hears the sirens and goes to the home, worried about the occupants and Tasha.  She sees one of the “ladies” beating Tasha with a broom and snaps, verbally eviscerating the woman.  She rescues Tasha, thinking she’ll keep her until the murder is resolved.  Becky is saddened by the couple’s death, because she feels like she missed out on knowing them better.  She needs to understand what happened to them and why, as well as make sure Tasha finds a good home.I really enjoyed this book.  Becky has a mouth on her and speaks her mind, even when it might prove detrimental to her husband’s position.  Becky and her husband have a compelling backstory – they used to live in Houston and Becky ended up shooting and killing a psycho who, among other things, killed her beloved German Shepherd, Norrgin.  There are many interesting subplots, including Becky’s efforts to train Tasha as a search and rescue dog.There were some instances of rough editing which pulled me out of the story, but even with those minor flaws, the plot and character development and occasional flashes of humor (funny scenes with Tasha and a bimbo reporter who is after Becky’s husband) were good enough to hook me.  Becky is someone I’d like to spend more time with.  Fans of Lisa Bork’s “Broken Vows” mystery series will probably enjoy Becky McAllen as well.