A Perilous Caper in the Silver Bell Mountains

Rodney Mankin, Fur & Feather Whisperer – Book 1

What if long, deep scratches appeared on your town’s brand-new border wall? Night after night. All along the wall. They are crimson, like blood.

Along with the scratches come cries. Long, woeful cries. Eerie cries. Cries that could not be identified by any of the townspeople. Cries that could be human or animal.

When 87-year-old Sally Forester-Newton and her Al companion, Rodney—a life-sized man-doll who can talk to animals—are summoned to the fortified town of Heaven’s Gate to solve the mystery of a nightly “crier,” they expect a simple case. Instead, they uncover a town-wide conspiracy of control and terror. Trapped behind the walls with no way out, they must rely on cryptic clues from the town’s pets to expose a dangerous sleeper cell before they become its next victims.

If you like The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun, and The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, you’ll be tickled with Heaven’s Gate.

Are you ready for the first Rodney Mankin wild ride? Great!