Audiobook Review: Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly

Paw Enforcement
Author: Diane Kelly
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
Series: K9 (Book 1)
Publication: Tantor Audio (September 15, 2014)
Length: 10 hours and 12 minutes

Description: Officer Luz is lucky she still has a job after tasering a male colleague where it counts the most. Sure, he had it coming - which is why the police chief is giving Megan a second chance. The catch? Her new partner can't carry a gun, can't drive a cruiser, and can't recite the Miranda Rights. Because her new partner is a big furry police dog. So that's what the chief meant when he called Megan's partner a real bitch...With Brigit out on the beat, Megan is writing up enough tickets to wallpaper the whole station. But when a bomb goes off at the mall's food court, it's up to Megan and Brigit to start digging - and sniffing - for clues. With the help of dead-sexy bomb-squad expert Seth Rutledge and his own canine partner named Blast, Megan finds herself in a desperate race to collar a killer. Will justice be served - or will she end up in the doghouse?

My Thoughts: Megan Luz is a rookie police officer with an anger management issue. Her childhood stuttering problem is a factor. When her anger gets the best of her in the face of her partner's misogyny and crude remarks, she stuns him in the testicles with her taser. Since her police chief is aware of her partner's behavior, he assigns Megan a new partner. From now on, she'll be partnered with Brigit, a big furry police dog. 

Megan and Brigit have some growing pains as partners. After caring for younger brothers and sisters, Megan isn't eager to have another creature to care for. Nor does Brigit fit well into Megan's Smart car. Nor does Brigit have any desire to listen to Megan when they aren't on the job. (We know this because some chapters in the book are told from Brigit's point of view.)

One day Megan and Brigit are having lunch at the Mall when Brigit alerts to a trash barrel and Megan discovers a bomb. They manage to get the area evacuated and help called for before the device explodes showering the area with metal debris and food scraps. Megan ends up with a screw in her backside and tuna salad in her hair making her a YouTube sensation and providing the name of the Tuna Bomber for the villain.

Megan also meets Seth Rutledge and his canine partner Blast who is on the bomb squad when he comes to investigate the bombing. The two become friends, sort of, and work together to try to find the bomber before he can strike again. Their relationship has all sorts of ups and downs which may resolve in later books in this series. This is just the first of a ten-book series. 

The book was narrated by Coleen Marlo who did a good job showing Megan's character. 

I bought this one from Chirp February 11, 2025. You can buy your copy here.