When a client’s dog turns up missing and her husband turns up dead, Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott will have to rely on dogged determination to track down a killer. This is a mystery was fun as she navigates planning her wedding, her dog business, missing pets, a murder and a impending hurricane. This one was a twist and turns with all the different stories involved.
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Andi Grace is the dog walker deluxe in Heywood Beach and when one of her regulars asks her to check on her pup, she and Marc don’t find the dog, but they do find the customer’s husband. In his office. With a pink leash around his neck. Dead.

Now Andi Grace has to wonder if she was being set up to take the fall for her customer. But when her sister’s father becomes the prime suspect, she agrees to prove that he did not kill the man. With her sleuthing hat on, Andi Grace and Marc are tracking down the clues to whodunit. But can they find the real culprit, or will the murderer get away with it?

The fifth book in this Low country series is a testament to Layton’s writing and characters. There are the family members who warm your heart and the quirky characters who, well, bless their hearts! A good mystery in every book with enough red herrings and suspects to keep your mind racing up to the reveal.

I enjoyed following Andi Grace along with her investigation, although she does throw caution to the wind a lot. I almost felt sorry for her fiance Marc. It was captivating, intriguing, and entertaining. A puzzler with a few twisted turns, it kept your attention to the very end.

In Jackie Layton's 5th book in her Low Country Dog Walker Mysteries series, Andi Grace, dog walker extraordinare and sometimes amateur sleuth, sets aside wedding planning to make time for investigating a murder, The island setting for this series is wonderful, and the characters are well developed. Andi Grace is hard working, likeable, and probably a bit of a control freak, given that she was responsible for her younger siblings from a young age. She is skilled at analyzing facts and situations but rather heavy handed in her interview skills. Fortunately, she shares all she finds with Sheriff Wade and has few TSTL moments, aside from the questionable interview skills. There are some laugh out loud moments, and the mystery kept me guessing.

I must confess that both this author and this series are new to me. As a rule, I only read series in publication order. When I start in the middle, I am almost always disappointed since I have not developed relationships with the characters, but not so with this book. I felt at home with these characters from the beginning. and look forward to meeting them again.

Another entertaining and compelling cozy mystery in this series: I was glad to catch up with the characters, couldn't guess the culprit, and had fun.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

Unnatural Death…
The fifth entry in the Low Country Dog Walker mystery series finds Andi, in the process of doing a good deed, faced with unnatural death and a dog-napping. Will Andi be able to use her natural amateur sleuthing abilities to track both a killer and a dog-napper down? Or will she be putting herself in danger? Another satisfying addition to this enjoyable cosy mystery series with a likeable protagonist, a well drawn cast and a delightful setting.

This cozy mystery had me till the end. I ate the pages up as quickly as I could. So good. I will definitely be reading more from Jackie Layton.
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Andi Grace is a professional dog walker, obedience trainer, etc. and amateur investigator on the side. She is also planning her wedding and running her dog business. This book has so many interesting characters and the author does a great job describing them and the different situations that arise. Andi Grace is asked to help figure out who killed a not very well-liked lawyer, who she happens to find dead. She goes about asking questions, looks for clues, interviews people involved and finds herself in often tense and scary situations. The story moved along at a good pace and kept me very interested. I believe this book is part of a series and I would like to read other books by this author. I think the author has a good way of describing scenes and makes you feel the tension when needed. Overall, I would recommend this book.

The Killer Unleashed is the 5th of the Low Country Dog Walking Mystery. I enjoy this series for the theme of dogs and the excellent sleuths as well as the picturesque location of Heywood Beach, South Carolina. Andi has a lot going on in this next mystery. She is faced with solving another murder, a missing client's dog and planning her double wedding with her Brother and dealing with a impending hurricane. This was a exciting read from beginning to end with a pleasing conclusion. A enjoyable addtion to the series I recommend.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity. My review opinions are my own.

The Killer Unleashed is the 5th of the Low Country Dog Walking Mystery. The story takes place in Heywood Beach, South Carolina. Andi Grace Scott owns Stay and Play a dog walking company. She is engaged and soon to marry Marc, an attorney. She and her brother. Nate are having a double wedding in a few weeks.

Andi Grace gets a call from one of her dog clients, Ivey Gilbert to go to her house and check on her dog, Lady, a schnoodle. She and Marc go to the house to find the dog but find her husband, Norris Gilbert dead in his office with a pink leash around his neck.. The dog is no where to be found. They call 911 and Sheriff Wade Stone and Deputy David Wade, her
brother-in-law, arrive. He is married to her sister Lacey Jane. There are the old standby of characters from the town as well as new characters that add to the story. Andi Grace and Marco after getting interviewed by the police they drive around town looking for Lady. A note is found on her windshield saying that Lady has been kidnapped. In the meantime Ike Gage, Lacey Jane's father is brought into the station for questioning as he had had words with Norris. Lacey Jane asks Andi Grace to prove that Ike did not kill Norris.

The story takes off with Andi Grace and Marco trying to find out who killed Norris. The reader is taken on an exciting ride to the surprising end. There are so many of the characters that could have killed Norris that it keeps the reader on their toes.

I think the reader will enjoy this story as it has lots of action going on. I look forward to the next book in this series.

Thank you NetGalley and Beyond the Page Publishing for this ARC.

A Killer Unleashed by Jackie Layton is book #5 in the Low Country Dog Walker Mystery series. Andi Grace Scott was NOT going to get involved in another murder investigation even though she and her fiance Marc Williams discovered the body. Then the sheriff questioned someone she considered to be family. That did it! Andi Grace put her amateur sleuth hat on. I love the characters in this series, especially Andi Grace and Marc. Even though Andi Grace was supposed to be super busy planning her wedding she didn't hesitate to investigate. I enjoyed how Andi Grace filtered through clues and eliminated suspects from her suspect list. This was a really fun read.

Lots going on in this one besides murder. Like what? Oh, dog-napped dog, drugs, crooked lawyers, hurricanes, and on the plus side, fun dogs, wedding planning and family.

Andi Grace Scott, who owns what I'd call an all-purpose doggie day care, rescue, grooming, and training facility, is also a dog-walker. As such, she doesn't think twice about putting wedding planning talk off with groom-to-be Marc and going to check on a customer's dog when she calls. Good think Marc's a dog lover, too, huh? In any case, while she expected to find the dog home-alone, somehow forgotten in the haste of her customer's husband's rush to leave for a family outing, she wasn't expecting to find the overdue husband dead, strangled by a fancy dog leash. Nor did she expect the dog to have seemingly been dog-napped.

That's all I'm going to say about the plot. In the process, however, everything from mob involvement, drug rings, crooked lawyers, and preparing for a hurricane pop up. It was a reasonably quick, interesting read as one suspect after another appeared and/or was eliminated. Oh, and, can't forget, there's a country music star neighbor and his daughter, whose story would appear to be an evolving one for not just them but the community. That's the strength of this series. The people. Well, and the dogs. The people care about each other and their dogs, not to mention those less advantaged than some.

Despite what seemed to me to be a bit too much repetition of the clues/facts as Andi found them, not to mention her cola craving, I thoroughly enjoyed the read. My hunch is this series will get only stronger as it goes along. Thank you #NetGalley and #BeyondThePagePublishing for inviting me over to see how Andi's dream of the perfect dog faciity is going, not to mention the wedding plans. Looking forward to the next episode.