More Life as a Dog by L.A Davenport

Haircuts hens and homicides- Stephanie Dagg-

Megan has had to dash to France after the death of her Grandmother. Her mother

disappeared many years ago and has never been seen or heard of since. Having just

finished her job, going to France gives her a much needed break- to sort out her

grandmother’s estate before returning to find a new job.. She starts by taking a hen

to the vet which introduces her to some of the villagers. She volunteers to cut a lady’s

hair as her former job was a hairdresser and suddenly everyone wants her services.

When a body is added to the mix, Megan has her hands full. As you can tell this is a

lighthearted look at life. A pick-me-up- but one I didn’t want to put down as it made

me smile so much. I could see this as a TV drama, The Good life crossed with ‘Ello ’ello

and a Year in Provence perhaps. Sometimes we need to read about the funny side of

life and how mishaps can be turned into a smile. A little romance, a little drama and

a well thought out plot make this a delightful read. A must for any animal lover and

the bucolic amongst us. A wonderful tonic.

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Synopsis:

Megan finds mayhem when she arrives in France to bury her Gran and sort out her 

affairs. She expected difficult encounters with civil servants and red tape but not 

with wandering chickens, an imperious policeman and a dead body. Together 

with her unlikely new friend, the elderly and grumpy Alphonse and his canine

 equivalent, Monsieur Moustache, Megan becomes involved in investigating

 the fowl-related foul play that’s at work in this sleepy part of rural France.

She’s helped but mainly hindered by the people she comes across. These include 

the local mayor, who wants Megan to stay and set up a hair salon in his village to 

help keep it alive. There are the cousins Romain, the gendarme, and Nico, the 

clumsy but hunky farmer. They have always clashed, but do so constantly now that

 Megan is on the scene. Michelle, Romain’s terrifying ex who wants him back, 

appears along the way, as does Claudette, a wheelchair-bound old lady, and 

Kayla, Megan’s best friend, who is hugely pregnant but not above taking on the

 forces of French law and order when Megan finds herself the prime suspect 

after Alphonse is stabbed.There’s excitement, humour and lots of ruffled feathers 

in this rom-com slash cosy mystery, the first in a projected series.

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Author Bio – 
I'm an English expat living in France, having moved here with my family in 2006 after fourteen years as an expat in Ireland. I now consider myself a European rather than 'belonging' to any particular country. The last ten years have been interesting, to put it mildly. Taking on seventy-five acres with three lakes, two hovels and one cathedral-sized barn, not to mention an ever increasing menagerie, makes for exciting times. The current array of animals includes alpacas, llamas, huarizos (alpaca-llama crossbreds, unintended in our case and all of them thanks to one very determined alpaca male), sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys, not forgetting our pets of dogs, cats, zebra finches, budgies , canaries, lovebirds and Chinese quail. Before we came to France all we had was a dog and two chickens, so it's been a steep learning curve. I recount these experiences in my book Heads Above Water: Staying Afloat in France and the sequel to that, Total Immersion: Ten Years in France. I also blog regularly at www.bloginfrance.com.
I'm married to Chris and we have three bilingual TCKs (third culture kids) who are resilient and resourceful and generally wonderful.     
I'm a traditionally-published author of many children's books, and am now self-publishing too. I have worked part-time as a freelance editor for thirty years after starting out as a desk editor for Hodder & Stoughton. Find me at www.editing.zone. The rest of the time I'm running carp fishing lakes with Chris and inevitably cleaning up some or other animal's poop.   

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