This was the second one written, but due to the fact that they're all standalone novels and it doesn't matter what sequence they're read in, it's the final one I've bought and read.
It's probably not a surprise to learn that this one is about killer deer. Not just that, but killer Were-deers.
When people start dying horribly in the town of Rockbridge, Sheriff Abigail Laine finds her peaceful life disturbed. Normally she just has a couple of traffic tickets to write up in a typical week. Maybe dealing with the town drunk, nothing more. Now she has an escalating number of bodies to investigate. And she knows the killer isn't fully human or animal.
This is a great fun read. I loved the mention of the book that started this whole series when one of the characters is seen reading the Roo and Alan Baxter gets a big shout out.
The characters are fun and relatable. there are just the right number of Shreddies (tm) in the story and the deaths are suitable gory.
It manages the balance of keeping the plot silly enough to be funny but serious enough to actually build tension in the confrontations in the second half of the book.
This is the best of this mini series after the Roo. It's a quick read with some not overdone social commentary built in. It's no contender for book of the year but if you want a simple fun book with zero pretentions, it's recommended. It does what it says on the tin and lives up to that cover.
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