Review: Tracking Perception by Cherri Galbiati
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2011
I love a good mystery, especially when the family pet is a character.  Becky, wife of chief of police in very small town Spike, Texas, Matt McAllen, and red German Shepherd Tasha are the family involved in this mystery.  Of course, there are lots of other characters, like the sweet ladies from church who clean up the scene of a double murder of the bank president and his wife before police are called in because they wanted to spare the neighborhood from such a gruesome scene involving their banker.  Evidence left?  Not much. But the place is spotless.Matt and his small police force get to work trying to find evidence of who might have gruesomely killed the husband and wife.  Becky loves training dogs, so Tasha gets to stay with Matt and Becky, and Becky wants to train her to be a search and rescue dog.  Tasha is a wonderful, affectionate dog with some funny little idiosyncracies all her own.  When the telephone rings, make sure Tasha isn't loose in the house!As time goes on, Bill, another member of the police department is shot and wounded while looking for a prowler around Becky and Matt's house one night, and ultimately the story finds Becky herself in grave danger when settlement of the will of the banker family is done, and Becky is afraid that she will lose Tasha, the dog she has grown to love so much.Despite needing a bit of editing, this mystery is a good one.  I didn't figure out the ending at all, and I liked the feeling of home, family and friendship that the author gave the book. There were some very humorous parts that made me laugh and also some very tender moments that made me smile and feel good about the characters and also about the dog.  Any mystery lover should like this book, so I recommend it.