I'm happy to welcome Charlie to Cozy Up With Kathy today. You can find Charlie on the pages of The Case of the Parrot Loving Professor. This book is the second in the Buttercup Bend Mystery series and was released last month.
Hey, there. I’m Charlie, the parrot of Dr. Barry Bodkin. Rather, I was his parrot. He’s dead now. Murdered. I found it so hard to believe, and I was the only witness. This girl, young woman, a college student and newspaper photographer named Cathy Carter, dropped by after the dirty deed was done. I wish I could’ve told her what I’d seen, but all I could do was squawk “help!” “help!”
Dr. Bodkin was an anthropology professor. He had three wives, a son, and a daughter, but he didn’t care for any of them as much as he cared for me and parrots, in general. He was so fond of us that he created a parrot club that had three other members and their birds. One member didn’t have a parrot, but he still attended meetings. I was friends with the other parrots – Hamlet who spoke Shakespearean phrases because he belonged to an English professor and Pedro who spoke Spanish because his owners brought him to Buttercup Bend from that country.
While I know Bodkin’s killer poisoned him after they shared a toast, I won’t reveal any spoilers. I got in trouble doing that at his wake and was birdnapped. I was eventually found, but it was a harrowing experience. Cathy and her friend, Nancy, now a detective working for Cathy’s grandmother’s boyfriend, tried to solve the case. They spoke with the parrot club members, Bodkin’s siblings, and his ex-wives. Detective Hunt and Sheriff Miller weren’t thrilled about the girls getting involved, especially after they started receiving strange notes from Shakespeare plays. The notes weren’t obvious threats, but they were very odd.
While all this was going on, Cathy and Nancy were also preparing for a 1970’s costume dance and Cathy’s birthday. Cathy had already received a gift from one of her male friends, the veterinarian who helps her with her pet rescue center. He’d given her two kittens to replace her old Siamese, Oliver, who passed away after her previous mystery, the first Buttercup Bend book, The Case of the Cat Crazy Lady. Cathy is also seeing her gardener. She can’t decide between these two men and isn’t getting any younger.
If you like parrots, and I hope you do, you should get a copy of this book. It’s available in lots of places. Don’t mind the cats. I stayed far away from them.
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The Case of the Parrot Loving Professor by Debbie De Louise
About The Case of the Parrot Loving Professor
2nd in Series
Setting – Buttercup Bend, a fictional town in the Catskills, New York
Next Chapter Publishing (November 6, 2022)
Paperback : 290 pages
Cathy Carter knew that returning to college would be tough, but she never expected it would involve finding her anthropology professor’s dead body.
There are no shortages of suspects in Dr. Bodkin’s murder. Besides his three ex-wives and estranged son and daughter, there are also the members of the Talking Parrots Club, a group of four parrot enthusiasts, of which he was the president and founder.
As Cathy delves into Bodkin’s murder, she discovers a relationship between her teacher and the Mennonite family from whom she purchased the farmland for her new pet rescue center. She and her friend Nancy, now employed at a detective agency, work together to help Detective Hunt and Sheriff Miller solve the crime.
About Debbie De Louise
Debbie De Louise is a reference librarian at a public library. She’s the author of 14 novels including the six books of the Cobble Cove cozy mystery series featuring Alicia the librarian and Sneaky, the library cat, and the new Buttercup Bend cozy mysteries featuring Cathy Carter, the owner of a pet cemetery and rescue center. Debbie’s other books include standalone mysteries, a paranormal romance, a time-travel novel, and a collection of cat poems. She also writes articles for Catster.com and has published dozens of short stories and poems in anthologies. She’s a member of the Cat Writers’ Association, Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Long Island Authors Group. She lives on Long Island with her husband, daughter, and two cats. Learn more about her and her books by visiting https://debbiedelouise.com.
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Thanks so much for featuring my character guest post and hosting a spot on my book tour.
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