Footprints in the Butter

This book is full of interesting, grainy characters, one of which is a dog named Hitchcock. The storyline is good, there is a neat puzzle to be solved. The book is funny, gritty, intelligent and a good book to "read in one gulp." I am looking forward to more books by this author.

I loved everything about this book, especially Hitchcock the dog. And I didn't know the identity of the murderer until the very last chapter. I guess what I liked best(besides the dog)is Denise Dietz's witty style. I kept laughing out loud.

FOOTPRINTS IN THE BUTTER is just about the most fun you can have with the lights on! Murder, mountains, zany characters, elephant jokes, headlong pace, wonderful dialogue. Ingrid and Hitchcock grab your attention from the first page and never let you go.

Ingrid Beaumont loves riddles and crossword puzzles. Though she enjoys reading and watching a whodunit mystery, the genre is not her form of entertainment even though she always tries to solve the book or movie. Perhaps it is because she always selects the red herring. While Ingrid watches the Broncos play at home, someone kills her high school chum, renowned painter Wylie Jamestone. He dies in nearby Colorado Springs. Local police lieutenant Pete Miller leads the investigation. On the corpse is a note to give the painting to Ingrid and referring to the start of a treasure hunt. Ingrid has an alibi that proves she was at the football game at the time of Wylie's murder. For reasons that Ingrid does not understand or believe, she begins to make her own inquiries into Wylie's murder. With her giant canine Hitchcock faithfully at her side, Ingrid begins to uncover the truth, but as the dynamic pair gets closer, their deadly opponent raises the danger level. FOOTPRINTS IN THE BUTTER is a wonderful amateur sleuth tale starring a wisecracking and witty heroine and her beloved dog. The enjoyable mystery takes a back seat to the warm middle age protagonist and the independent Hitchcock. Denise Dietz designs a delightful novel that will please fans of the sub-genre, especially those who enjoy the author's Ellie Bernstein books.