When Bunnies Go Bad

By Clea Simon

Winter is hard in Beauville, where the melting snow can reveal much more than last season's dead leaves. So when a wealthy, obnoxious tourist and his ski bunny girlfriend surface in Pru Marlowe's little Berkshire town, she knows she should stay out of their way. The bad-girl animal psychic has to focus on more immediate concerns, including a wild rabbit named Henry, supposedly tamed and illegally living with an eighty-four-year-old lady in her home. Henry, who seems to be acting out and hiding, avoids responding to Pru.

Yet when Pru discovers the tourist murdered and his girlfriend's high-maintenance spaniel falls to her care, she gets dragged into a complicated case of crime and punishment that involves some new friends, an old nemesis, and her own shadowed past. A recent museum art heist draws the feds into the investigation along with a courtly gentleman radiating menace, who represents secretive business interests in New York and shows a surprising awareness of Pru. Her on-again, off-again romance with police Detective Creighton doesn't stop him from warning her to steer clear of the inquiry. The spaniel, however, lures her in.

Pru lives in a world where only her crotchety tabby Wallis knows the whole truth about her past, her flight from Manhattan, and her unique gift that surfaced abruptly one day. Fearing the worst, Pru now comes dangerously close to being exposed. With everything in motion, Pru, Wallis, and everyone they hold dear will be lucky to escape...by a hare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Release date: Mar 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781464205361

Clea Simon

Clea Simon grew up in New York, before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard. She fell in love with the city and lives there still with her husband and their cat, Musetta. She is the author of the Dulcie Schwartz, Theda Krakow, Pru Marlowe, Blackie and Care and, most recently, Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery series.

Reviews for When Bunnies Go Bad

[welsh_eileen2 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Not sure what to make of this story. At the third time of trying to read this I gave up.The characters were shallow and many.Not sure where rabbits came into it.Maybe it's an American thing or maybe it's old age on my part!

[aztwinmom · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Pru Marlowe, animal behaviorist with a special talent, is balancing her work, her love life, and her sleuthing while trying to keep her talent for talking to animals a secret. I have read the earlier books in this series, and they continue to be great humorous mysteries. Getting glimpses of our world through the eyes of animals is entertaining. When a very unlivable visitor is found murdered, Pru becomes involved in the investigation. Is the murderer the ski bunny girlfriend, his mob associates or someone he owed money to? With the help of her animal friends, Pru is on the trail!