The Scent of Murder by Kylie Logan

May 16th, 2019 Kimberly Review 20 Comments

16th May
The Scent of Murder by Kylie Logan
The Scent of Murder
by Kylie Logan
Series: Jazz Ramsey #1
Genres: Mystery
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First in a new series from national bestselling author Kylie Logan, The Scent of Murder is a riveting mystery following Jazz Ramsey as she trains cadaver dogs.

The way Jazz Ramsey figures it, life is pretty good. She’s thirty-five years old and owns her own home in one of Cleveland’s most diverse, artsy, and interesting neighborhoods. She has a job she likes as an administrative assistant at an all-girls school, and a volunteer interest she’s passionate about—Jazz is a cadaver dog handler.

Jazz is working with Luther, a cadaver dog in training. Luther is still learning cadaver work, so Jazz is putting him through his paces at an abandoned building that will soon be turned into pricey condos. When Luther signals a find, Jazz is stunned to see the body of a young woman who is dressed in black and wearing the kind of make-up and jewelry that Jazz used to see on the Goth kids back in high school.

She’s even more shocked when she realizes that beneath the tattoos and the piercings and all that pale make up is a familiar face.

The lead detective on the case is an old lover, and the murdered woman is an old student. Jazz finds herself sucked into the case, obsessed with learning the truth.

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The Scent of Murder by Kylie Logan is the first in the Jazz Ramsey mystery series. Murder, loss, friendships and an old romance kept cadaver dog trainer Jazz Ramsey busy in this murder-mystery.

From the cover and the description, I thought Jazz would be a full-time dog trainer and involved in law enforcement. However, she is an administrative assistant at a local Catholic high school. She trains cadaver dog on the side. While this was a letdown, the overall mystery was interesting.

Jazz is helping a friend retrain his pooch within an urban environment when she discovers a body. When she discovers the murder victim is a former student she cannot help but investigate.

This was a fun start to the series. The Cleveland police detective assigned to the case ends up being her ex-boyfriend, Nick. Apparently there are still feelings there. I got the initial feeling that duty and commitments made them take a step back.

The author spends some time allowing us to get to know Jazz, her family, friends and co-workers. I liked Jazz. She is stubborn, smart, curious and great with animals.

The story could be described as a cozy, but felt more inline with the Mercy Kilpatrick series by Kendra Elliot. While that series has more romance, this series has the potential to develop as it progresses.

The murder of a former student, with secrets, plenty of enemies and oodles of artist talent was an interesting one. The surprise twist was well done and felt authentic. I liked that Jazz kept Nick informed of her findings. He didn’t encourage her, but didn’t discourage her either. There is some trust there.

The cadaver dogs had some scenes, and I am hoping we see more in future episodes. All in all this was a good solid mystery with characters I will enjoy getting to know further.

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20 Responses to “The Scent of Murder by Kylie Logan”

  1. Lily B

    wish they made it her main profession I think it would be so interesting. Great review.

  2. Mary @StackingMyBookShelves!

    I am glad you liked the characters and can see why her doing the training on the side was a letdown. Still cool tho. I will also add this one to my ever-growing list!

    Mary

  3. Suzanne @ The Bookish Libra

    That’s kind of a bummer about the character’s profession not being what you expected it to be. As soon as I read the blurb, I expected the same thing you did. Glad it’s still a good read regardless though.