Shoot The Dog (Virgil Cain Mystery Book 3) by Brad Smith


Shoot The Dog (Virgil Cain Mystery Book 3)
Title : Shoot The Dog (Virgil Cain Mystery Book 3)
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Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 230
Publication : Published June 11, 2020

From the author of Crow’s Landing and Red Means Run comes the third novel in the Virgil Cain series – a riveting mystery revolving around the discovery of a movie star’s body near the Hudson River. In upstate New York, Virgil Cain is drawing hay behind his team of massive Percherons when two movie scouts show up and offer $500 a day to use the horses in a film to be shot in the area. Virgil, in need of cash, reluctantly pockets the money, but he soon finds the chaotic set of Frontier Woman to be more trouble than it’s worth. Savvy producer Sam Sawchuk is in over her head; when she’s not propping up her talent-challenged husband-cum-director, she’s trying to keep tabs on a new investor, the Native American casino owner Ronnie Red Hawk, a rambling egomaniac with designs on an infamous starlet. When the film’s leading lady turns up dead, Virgil discovers that more is at stake than the carnal interests of a casino magnate and the production of a major motion picture. And although he’d rather leave the whole bunch to stew in their own juices, he realizes he needs to step in before a charming ten-year-old actress named Georgia becomes the next victim. Praise for Brad 'Brad Smith has got the goods - he’s funny, poignant, evocative, and he tells a blistering tale. A writer to watch, a comet on the horizon' – Dennis Lehane 'Country noir doesn’t get much better' – Library Journal 'Stellar... Wonderfully wrought characters, delicious wit, and droll storytelling make [Shoot the Dog] a delightful romp' – Publishers Weekly Brad Smith was born and raised in southern Ontario. He has worked as a farmer, signalman, insulator, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher, maintenance mechanic, roofer, and carpenter. He lives in an eighty-year-old farmhouse near the north shore of Lake Erie. Red Means Run, the first novel in his Virgil Cain series, was named among 2012’s Best Crime Novels by Booklist.

Shoot The Dog (Virgil Cain Mystery Book 3) Reviews

  • Bonnye Reed

    I am really getting into Brad Smith's series featuring Virgil Cain. Was pleased to see the return of Claire, the Percherons, and loved the addition of little Georgia. I was a little disappointed with the whole experience of the filming crew and the Casino riff-raff, but still, a good tale told well. Hopefully, there will be more of Virgil, closer to home. I will be very disappointed if there isn't.

    I loved this series, and am pleased to recommend it to friends and family as a 'get happy' read. Virgil Cain is a hoot at times, a farmer in the upstate NY Catskill Mountains, a man with principles and discipline who stands by himself and his friends and the important things in life. He and his Percheron team of horses get involved in a movie filming to bail out his farm. A really good series, an interesting and important read. Brad Smith writes life as it should be. He is a keeper.

    Reviewed November 7, 2023, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, BookBub, and Kobo.

  • karen bagdon

    Three for three

    I love all the recurring characters, Virgil and Claire of course at the top of the list. Each of the three books had a completely different and very creative plot. I will definitely watch for book 4!

  • Robert M. Galbraith

    Great series. I have thoroughly enjoyed each of the books in this series.; great characters, mystery and humor. I intend to look into some of the other books by this author.