Author Kassandra Lamb to Speak at Library Headquarters

Author Kassandra Lamb will discuss To Kill A Labrador (no, the dog does NOT die) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 23, at the Alachua County Library Headquarters.

The book is the first of her cozy mystery series about Marcia Banks, who has both an unusual name (Marcia is pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) and an unusual vocation. She trains service dogs for veterans with PTSD.

When a former Marine, the new owner of Marcia’s first trainee dog, Buddy, is accused of murdering his wife, Marcia gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation—amateur sleuth. Called in to dog-sit Buddy, a Labrador, she’s outraged that his veteran owner is being presumed guilty until proven innocent. With Buddy’s help, she tries to uncover the real killer. Even after the hunky local sheriff politely tells her to butt out, Marcia keeps poking around. Until the killer finally pokes back.

Kassandra Lamb is a retired psychotherapist and college professor turned mystery writer. She spends most of her time with her characters in an alternate universe, the magic portal to which (i.e., her computer) is located in North Central Florida, where her husband and dog catch occasional glimpses of her. In addition to her Marcia Banks and Buddy cozy mysteries, Lamb is the author of the Kate Huntington mystery series and a guidebook for novice writers, Someday Is Here! She also writes romantic suspense under the pen name Jessica Dale.