Book Description

From an award-winning author, this cozy mystery will "keep you guessing until the end." (Goodreads reviewer) In Death by Association, DIY Diva Laurel McMillan learns that the high walls and guarded gates of Hawkeye Haven can't protect her community. When Laurel takes her pampered chocolate Labrador retriever, Bear, for an early morning walk, she finds her friend, security guard Bessie, bleeding and unconscious at her guardhouse post. If the attack on Bessie isn't enough to set the residents' nerves on edge, the murder of Victor Eberhart, the unpopular president of the powerful homeowners' association, certainly does the trick. Despite teaching DIY classes and writing project instructions for her latest book, DIY for Dog Lovers, Laurel manages to squeeze in time for some DIY detective work. But as she gets closer to the truth, Victor's killer would like nothing better than for the DIY Diva to take a dive. Includes recipes for dog treats and project instructions for a reversible, two-tone, fringed dog scarf and a no-sew foam bed for pampered pooches. The DIY Diva Mystery Series includes Death by Association (Book 1) Death by Design (Book 2) Death by Proxy (Book 3) Author Paula Darnell is the winner of three book awards. In 2020, she won an award for Death by Association in the at-large communications contest for a novel, more than 40,000 words, from the National Federation of Press Women and an award for a published fiction book in the Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition for her historical mystery, The Six-Week Solution. In 2021, Paula won another award in the NFPW's at-large communications contest for a novel for The Six-Week Solution.