Raining Cat Sitters And Dogs (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Dixie - a professional pet-sitter, and ex-cop - manages to get mixed up in a South American drug cartel, and a gang shooting in LA - all without ever leaving the Florida keys.Like many books of this type, everyone around her tells her to stop meddling, but of course, she doesn't. She saves a child, but almost messes up a major bust, and somehow, nobody seems to mind.I really like Dixie and her family and friends, but I find the mystery elements of this series a little too far out there. Still, it's a fun, easy read, with a few serious ideas tossed in. Despite the cutesy title, this mystery lacks both telepathic animals and a dim-witted heroine. Instead, it's a reasonably brisk venture set on a Florida key with an engaging protagonist. Dixie, the lead character, is an ex-cop, now a pet sitter. This is the fifth in the series. A frightened young girl with a dubious "stepfather," an old friend in a panic because her husband has been kidnapped, thugs and cops and colorful locals. Fine descriptions of the ocean, sunsets, and island life. Dixie makes a bone-headed, suicidal decision toward the end and is saved only by luck, but otherwise the plot hangs together and is resolved well.
What do You think about Raining Cat Sitters And Dogs (2010)?
Just GREAT!! Action, mystery, a little romance, emotional, a little philosophical. GREAT!!
—Tiny
I love the Dixie Hemmingway series. I so look forward to each book as they come out.
—Xia
Not my favorite of the series, but still pretty darn good.
—chintu
