Meredith and her best friend Vreeland Howard are coming for a dog show that's been booked at the Bellissimo, where Davis works as a super secret spy/security expert. Read moreĭavis Way Cole is waiting for her sister Meredith's visit. You do not have to read this series in order, but it is such a great one, you might want to start at the beginning. I did not put this one down as I laughed my way through it. Several new characters from Davis' home town show up in this story and that is where the Southern Humor comes in. Fantasy is back in this story with her sass and assistance. Trying to solve all these problems without her husband Bradley, who is in Nashville, finding out as well as raising her two young twins is harder than she expects.

Dogs are missing, dead bodies are showing up, Middle East Royalty is missing, lottery winners are running amok and Davis' sister is missing. This story has the Bellisimo hosting a dog show, and slot tournament. They are similar to the Stephanie Plum books with those taking place in New Jersey with Italian stereotypes. The books uses every stereotype of the south and then magnifies it. The accents and voices she uses adds to the humour. I listened to the audio version of this book and the narrator does such a great job. The descriptions of Princess, the dog with all his idiosyncracies, smells and tics was hilarious. I don't know how she does it, Gretchen Archer's Davis Way series seem to get better with each book. 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. Nor is he any help finding the body when Davis loses it. But since he's there, considering she has a dead body on ice, she might as well have him determine the cause of death. The last thing Davis needs is an unsolicited house call from Pine Apple, Alabama's latest excuse for a doctor.

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? Until Bootsy Howard shows up demanding a million dollars.

Davis Way Cole lives a (relatively) quiet, (somewhat) simple, and (completely) witch-free life with her husband and twin daughters on the twenty-ninth floor of the Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Double Dog Dare by Ember Davis