An interesting, smoothly written mystery with a fresh angle, Margaret Mizushima’s debut fiction title is a solid read. I always like it when a mystery novel surprises me, and Killing Trail did just that. Suspenseful and smart, Killing Trail is a gripping read that will have readers clamoring for more Mattie and Robo for years to come. The murder was just the beginning, and if Mattie isn’t careful, she and Robo could be next. And the key may be Cole’s daughter, who knows more than she’s saying. But the more Mattie investigates, the more she realizes how many secrets her hometown holds. With the help of Cole Walker, local veterinarian and a single father, Mattie and Robo must track down the truth before it claims another victim. When a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, life-long resident Officer Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9 police dog Robo, are assigned to the case that has rocked the small Colorado town. Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. (Sept.Review: Killing Trail (A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery) by Margaret Mizushima Agent: Terrie Wolf, AKA Literary Management. Series fans will hope Mattie returns soon. Jolly visits to the office of Mattie’s veterinarian boyfriend, Cole Walker, provide relief from the grim detective work. Her investigations lead her and her valiant German shepherd partner, Robo, into the snowy wilderness and a thrilling face-off with a devious killer.
The discovery of the body of a teenager who just gave birth interrupts Mattie’s quest, and she surmises that the killer may have taken the victim’s newborn baby. Curious about their significance, Mattie decides to visit the spots indicated. A book of Timber Creek County hiking trails in the cell has handwritten Xs along one trail. Before she can do so, Cobb, who also abducted Mattie at age two and gave her his last name, is found dead in his cell. In Mizushima’s entertaining seventh Timber Creek K-9 mystery (after 2020’s Hanging Falls), Deputy Mattie Cobb is at last on the verge of interviewing John Cobb, the chief suspect in her father’s murder 30 years earlier, in the Colorado state prison where he’s serving time for a recent attempt to kill her and other crimes.
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