Title: Missing Presumed Unwed
Author: Claire Gardner
Date: 2020
Quote: "You can't hear this. I could go into a detailed rundown...and...all you'd hear is 'cheep chirp cheep.'"
Terry Triplett, who aspired to be a detective, has died and come back as a parakeet. His adventures start when his wife finally hears his voice speaking through the cheeps and chirps. As the family pet, he's been renamed Seymour by his children. He can't eat his favorite foods, which his wife still cooks for the kids. And all he can do when the children talk to strangers is peck and squawk.
I think this plot device is revenge porn with a sense of humor, but this cozy mystery is a fun read. Nobody but Terry's human form is dead. Somebody's missing. The children will find the missing person but Seymour will get his chances to squeak for himself, feeding his wife the "zingers" she wants to hurl at a verbal abuser.
Most women have known, however briefly, a man who would have been much more fun to live with if he'd been a parakeet. Therefore most women should be able to chortle over this book.
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