Fowl Play: A Critter Sitter Mystery- Book One (The Critter Sitter Mysteries 1)

When former marketing executive Charlotte "Charlie" Winslow takes a simple pet-sitting job in the small coastal town of Herring Cove, she expects an easy evening with a talkative parrot — not a front-row seat to murder. The next morning, her client Gerald Whitcombe is dead on his study floor, and the only witness is Sir Reginald, his sharp-eyed African grey parrot with an unsettling habit of repeating exactly what he shouldn't. As Charlie teams up with skeptical (and increasingly charmed) Deputy Ben Castellano, she discovers Gerald wasn't the beloved town fixture everyone assumed — he was a man with enemies on every corner of Herring Cove. A jilted business partner. An estranged wife with secrets of her own. A son cut out of the family fortune. And a parrot who heard it all. With her rescue dog Chowder digging up literal buried evidence and Sir Reginald doling out crucial clues one cryptic phrase at a time, Charlie will have to listen more closely than she ever has in her life — before the killer decides she's heard too much. Fowl Play is Book One in the Critter Sitter Mysteries, a cozy mystery series where every new client's pet brings a fresh case to solve. Perfect for fans of animal-cozy mysteries with a hint of small-town romance.