Lost Under a Ladder (A Superstition Mystery, 1) Paperback – October 8, 2014

Rory arrived in Destiny in search of answers. How much truth is there in a superstition? With her spaniel mix, Plucky, she is immediately embroiled in the town's life when she finds the owner of Lucky Dog lying unconscious in her shop.Believing that lack anywhere dogs are lucky, the townspeople are welcoming. But, when she discovers the body of a neighboring shop owner, she's not sure she agrees.Rory and Plucky have numerous adventures in. very short time. This book was fun to read and there's lot s of fun information about superstitions. A good book for when you just need to feel good.

I decided to take a look at this new series because I love Linda`s pet sitter series as well as her pet rescue series. I am glad I did! Linda`s love for dogs shines through in this book as it does in her other two series. I love dogs as much as Linda does, so I am naturally drawn to her books.Getting to the story here, Rory works for a pet mega store in L.A., but following the death of her fiancé after walking under a ladder she is struggling with the idea of superstitions--are they true? So off she goes with her dog Pluckie to Destiny, California, the superstition capital of the world, to learn more about the truth or fallacy of superstitions. She needs to find closure for the loss of her fiancé.Her first day in Destiny she made plans to visit the Broken Mirror Bookstore hoping to meet the author of the ultimate book about superstitions, since he is a co-owner of the store. Pluckie has a different idea though, since she senses something is wrong at The Lucky Dog Boutique next door. She pulls Rory inside the dog boutique and into the back room where Martha, the proprietor, lies on the floor in distress. Rory calls 911 and later learns she has had a mild heart attack. Pluckie and Rory are heroes in the town of Destiny because Martha is loved by most of the citizens.Because of Rory's experience as the assistant manager of a mega pet store, she has been asked to manage the Lucky Dog Boutique. Later there is a murder and Martha is the main suspect. Rory sets out to prove Martha`s innocence and she becomes the target of the killer who wants Martha to take the blame for the murder.This book is well written, as all other books by this author are. Anyone who likes a clean, cozy mystery with a touch of romance will like this book. Dog lovers especially will enjoy it as the main character shows the love and passion for her dog as ALL we dog lovers do.

Have read other Linda Johnston books and found this one silly, tedious and repetitive. There are numerous continuity problems too: at one point the main character leaves an office walking her dog, reads a pivotal newspaper article while her dog pees, then walks back to work and greets her same dog who she apparently left at work...huh? At another point, she meets the police chief for lunch, then after they eat she walks home and goes to bed for the night-was that an 8-10 hour lunch?

I read this book because of the author. Johnston's other series are wonderful so I thought I would give her new one a try. Boy, am I glad I did!! I would love to visit Destiny, CA. The characters are likable, the town sounds awesome and the superstitions are interesting!! I sure hope she has a second book coming out soon because I cannot wait to see what happens next!!

Wow I just loved it . I thought I knew most of the superstitions but wow . I also love that this is a first for the Linda as wow she has a scorcher on her hands!

It was cute enough. I got a bit tired of reading the word "superstition" over and over. It was established very early that this town was based on superstition and a few reminders here and there would have been fine… but it felt like nearly every paragraph featured the word in various forms (noun, adjective, etc). Some of the setup of the story seemed a bit far fetched. The protagonist, Rory, visits the town of Destiny after her fiance dies tragically moments after walking under a ladder. She wants to find out whether or not superstitions are true. Who does that? Once she gets there, Rory, a pet store manager back home, finds the local pet shop owner collapsed in her store. Not knowing Rory AT ALL, this woman asks her to run her business - her livelihood - while she is recovering. I don't know many business owners who would entrust their livelihood to a complete stranger on a moment's notice... nor many complete strangers who would upheave their own lives to accept this challenge! There are other instances where the device to move the plot along is pretty clunky.BUT the characters are likable. While, annoying at first, Rory starts to grow on you as well as Justin and other characters from the unusual little tourist town. Now that the background story has been laid out, however inelegantly, I see some fun potential in this series. I haven't yet decided if I will read another in the series yet but I'll probably give it at least one more before I make a final call on the series.

I gave up on this book after a chapter I just could not follow it, I was getting so confused about her supersitions,muddle along with me

liked this series. the romance was a bit quick, but the superstition information made for interesting reading.