The Anteater Of Death: A Gunn Zoo Mystery

Webb shows her softer side in this heartwarming mystery about the inhabitants--human and otherwise--at a central California coast zoo. When a wealthy man is found dead in the enclosure occupied by a pregnant giant anteater, zookeeper Theodora Teddy Bentley vows to prove the animal innocent.

But if Lucy, the pregnant Giant Anteater from Belize, didnat kill the man found dead in her enclosure, who did? California zookeeper Teddy Bentley must find the real murderer before her furry friend is shipped off to another zoo in disgrace.
Then another human bites the dust, the monkeys riot, and the wolves go nuts. Things get worse when the snooty folks at Gunn Landing Harbor attempt to evict Teddy from the Merilee, her beloved houseboat. Thatas just the beginning. Her father, on the lam from the Feds for embezzling millions, gets targeted by a local gangster; and Caro, Teddyas socialite mother, a former beauty queen who loathes Teddyas dangerous job, starts introducing her to aeligible bachelors.a But Teddy has already given her heart to Sheriff Joe Rejas, a migrant workeras son. Caro is not pleased.
Zoo life, animal lore, and the leaky ups and downs of Central Coast California houseboat living create a thrilling backdrop for murder.