A Taste Fur Murder

“Foxtrot” Lancaster’s world turns upside down when her childhood cat (who died) wanders back into her life with a shape shifting dog and a mission to protect the cosmically significant cemetery on her eccentric heiress boss’s estate. Dixie Lyle’s series starter is funny, offbeat, and full of twists, and lays the groundwork for fun follow-ups. Fans of Victoria Laurie (What’s a Ghoul to Do?), Shirley Damsgaard (Witch Way to Murder), or Donna Andrews’ Meg Langslow mysteries (Murder with Peacocks) should give this a try—both for a similarly capable heroine and a menagerie of animals.