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A BLOODHOUND TO DIE FOR
by Virginia Lanier
Jo Beth Sidden, bloodhound trainer and amateur sleuth, searches for an escaped convict, an old lady gone missing in the swamp, and clues to three deaths. She tries, meanwhile, to escape the onus of killing her abusive ex-husband-albeit in self-defense.
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A DOG ABOUT TOWN
by J. F. Englert
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A DOG AMONG DIPLOMATS
by J. F. Englert
He reads Proust. Surfs the net. Is the soul of diplomacy. And when it comes to solving crime, Randolph is the dog for the job.
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A HELL OF A DOG
by Carol Lea Benjamin
Before Rachel Alexander became a private eye, she trained dogs. So she isn't surprised when she is invited to attend a dog training symposium. But she is surprised at the rivalry between trainers - one of whom proves to have a bite far more deadly than anyone expected.
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A PEDIGREE TO DIE FOR
by Laurien Berenson
The apparent heart attack that killed kennel owner Max Turnbull has left seven pups in mourning, and his wife Peg suspecting foul play. Melanie is talked into investigating her uncle's death - unofficially, of course.
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BRIDE AND GROOM
by Susan Conant
2004 Dog Writers Assn. of America Writing Competition Nominee! The future looks promising for Holly Winter. Her regular column in Dog's Life magazine is going strong. Her new dog treat cookbook is successful. And she's about to marry Steve Delaney, her handsome veterinarian. It's too bad that murder is spoiling the mood, and Holly can't help but take it personally...
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CHOW DOWN
by Laurien Berenson
When Melanie receives a letter telling her that her Standard Poodle, Faith, is one of five finalists competing to be spokesdog for Chow Down dog food, she's mystified--until her nine-year-old son Davey admits to entering the contest. Melanie and Faith travel to New York for the reception only to find that for some dog lovers, winning is a deadly serious matter.
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CORMAC - THE TALE OF A DOG GONE MISSING
by Sonny Brewer
Based on real events, this novel tells the tale of a Golden Retriever who runs away from his Alabama home while his owner is on a book tour in San Francisco.
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CREATURE DISCOMFORTS
by Susan Conant
When Holly Winter awakens clinging to a boulder on the side of a cliff, she doesn't even recognize her own beloved Malamutes, Rowdy and Kimi, much less remember their names - or her own. When there is another fall, this time fatal, she has all she can do to figure out what's going on without giving away her own loss of memory.
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DARK SUMMER
by Iris Johansen
From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Iris Johansen.
Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction.
With a lightning-fast pace, unforgettable characters, and gut-wrenching action, "Dark Summer" is compelling new terrain for this master storyteller.
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DEAD CANARIES DON'T SING
by Cynthia Baxter
As a veterinarian, she's more experienced with paw prints than fingerprints. But thanks to her dogged persistence and her knack for landing on her feet, Jessie's got murder on a very short leash.
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DEAD NORTH
by Sue Henry
Jessie Arnold, with her beloved lead husky, Tank, agrees to pick up her contractor's new motorhome in Idaho and drive it up the Alaska Highway. Along the way, Jessie picks up Patrick, a runaway teenager, not knowing that he has a murderous and deadly secret.
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DOG EAT DOG
by Laurien Berenson
Melanie Travis, accompanied by her standard poodle Faith, is delving into the inner circles of an elite Connecticut kennel club, where shocking secrets gnaw at the best of the breed and competition has a sharp and sometimes deadly bite.
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DOGGIE DAY CARE MURDER
by Laurien Berenson
As Melanie learns, it's a dog's life at the Pine Ridge Canine Care Center-and life is good. The dogs are living large with a team of groomers and handlers at their bark and call. Everyone seems blissfully happy. Everyone canine, that is. For Melanie soon discovers there are some simmering resentments among the Pine Ridge staff and when Steve Pine, the center's charming, good-looking co-owner, is found shot to death on the floor of his office, there's no shortage of suspects. His sister Candy stands to inherit their lucrative doggie day care operation. His neighbor, Adam Busch, still blames Steve for paving the way for the other businesses that now exist in the once quiet, all-residential town. And then there's Lila Harrington, the disgruntled client who wanted to sue Steve following an embarrassing "incident" involving a Shih Tzu and a Beagle mix. And lastly, the string of female customers Steve bedded and jilted. But which of these suspects was desperate enough to commit murder?
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DOGGONE. AN ANIMAL INSTINCT MYSTERY
by Gabriella Herkert
Legal investigator, Sara Townley, hopes her next assignment is a simple case of stolen identity. She seems to have picked up a sidekick: a big, black Labrador who shows up at every turn. And since her only lead is growing cold in the morgue, maybe following the dog’s nose isn’t such a bad idea…
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DOGS
by Nancy Kress
Dogs is a topical, fast-paced, biological thriller that will scare you while it makes you think.
The treat of terrorism and biological warfare becomes all too real when the danger comes from a family’s most cherished pets.
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DOUBLE DOG DARE
by Linda O. Johnston
A Kendra Ballantyne, Pet Sitter Mystery.
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ELECTRIC BLUE
by Nancy Bush
In her second smashing outing, Nancy Bush's wickedly funny heroine, Jane Kelly, proves herself a worthy successor to Stephanie Plum, but with a wit, style, and dog that are definitely all her own.
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ELVIS AND THE DEARLY DEPARTED: A SOUTHERN COUSINS MYSTERY
by Peggy Webb
"Fried Green Tomatoes" meets Stephanie Plum in this sassy, Southern series, starring the lovable, eccentric Valentines and Callie Valentine's failed show dog, Elvis, the Basset Hound.
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EVIL BREEDING
by Susan Conant
Holly Winter has a contract to write the text for a book of photographs commemorating the legendary Morris and Essex Dog Shows. When a murder occurs, the circumstances convince Holly that she must find the answers before she becomes the next victim. Holly is assisted, as usual, by her Malamutes Rowdy and Kimi.
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FALL GUY
by Carol Lea Benjamin
The apparent suicide of a NYPD detective and 9/11 survivor pulls P.I. Rachel Alexander and her faithful pit bull, Dashiell, into an investigation that will lead her deep into the dead cop's past and a dark, deadly mystery.
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FINDING MR. RIGHT
by Emily Carmichael
Although Lydia was always an expert matchmaker, she never had to play Cupid while trapped in the body of a dog! But if she wants a chance to rest in peace, Lydia must figure out a way to find her friend Amy a new husband - and pray that woman's best friend can spot true love.
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FOOL ME ONCE
by Fern Michaels
In Fool Me Once, Fern Michaels captures the fraught, yet richly satisfying story of one woman's search for the mother she never knew…and her discovery of the woman she's yet to become.
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GAITS OF HEAVEN
by Susan Conant
Dog trainer Holly Winter follows the tracks of an odd breed of dog to an even stranger breed of human when she's enlisted to rein in a dysfunctional New Age couple's over-spirited Aussie huskapoo. But when the wife succumbs to an accidental overdose of mixed meds, Holly becomes embroiled in the family's dirty little secrets, especially when the victim's daughter convinces Holly that it was murder.
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HOT DOG
by Laurien Berenson
When both her ex-husband and her ex-fiance decide they're ready to rekindle meaningful relationships with her, Melanie Travis finds refuge by agreeing to track down the elusive owner of Dox, an adorable Dachshund puppy that's about to be put on the block at a charity auction.
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HOUNDED TO DEATH
by Laurien Berenson
Agatha and Macavity awards nominee Berensons acclaimed canine-themed cozy series continues with a sensational new mystery in which a dog-show judge is sentenced to an untimely death.
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HOUSE ON BLOODHOUND LANE
by Virginia Lanier
Somewhere deep beneath the earth in the woods of Southeast Georgia, a man is buried alive, praying for rescue but accepting death. His only hope is a droopy-eared, drooling, one-year-old, blind-from-birth bloodhound named Bobby Lee and search dog handler Jo Beth Sidden.
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JINGLE BELL BARK
by Laurien Berenson
Between teaching, mothering and prepping her Poodle for the next show, Melanie Travis barely has time to pencil in some Christmas festivities. Especially once she finds herself making a list of suspects - and checking it twice - when murder comes home for the holidays...
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MURDER AT FIVE FINGER LIGHT
by Sue Henry
At loose ends because she is unable to race her dogs this season due to an injury, Jessie Arnold heads to Five Finger Light Island to help friends restore an old lighthouse. Once on the island, Jessie's idyllic getaway turns deadly as a body is found, a woman disappears, and an extensive search of the tiny island fails to find her.
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MURDER OFF THE BOOKS
by Evelyn David
"This is a zany, fast-paced, well-written mystery by two very talented writers who combine their gifts under the name of Evelyn David…a page-turning mystery that begs to be read at one sitting. Well developed characters, a tight plot, and power-punched verbiage make this mystery a delightful read. Even when you think the mystery is solved, the ending has just one more final, amusing and exciting twist. Can't wait for the sequel." - Reviewed by Sherlock Bones, Astra Publishers
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MURDER ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL
by Sue Henry
One by one, the top Iditarod contestants are dying in bizarre and gruesome ways--and Jessie Arnold, Alaska's premier female "musher," may be next.
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PUTTING ON THE DOG
by Cynthia Baxter
In this follow-up to "Dead Canaries Don't Sing," Long Island veterinarian Jessica Popper stands in for a fellow vet at a charity dog show. But she finds a dog-eat-dog world among the celebrity species as she becomes embroiled in finding out who killed a celebrity photographer.
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RAINING CATS & DOGS
by Laurien Berenson
A new mystery from popular author Laurien Berenson! All is nice and good at Pumpernill Nursing Home until Aunt Mary is tragically found suffocated. Melanie's investigative pedigree quickly comes to light and the South Avenue Obedience Club members urge her to track the killer.
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SHATTERED
by Diane Bridenbaker
Just when life in Glenwood has seemingly gotten back to normal for Emma Rogers and friends, things start to heat up. Again! Unfortunately, it's not long before the girls and their canine counterparts find themselves back in the thick of it. This new mystery follows Tricked.
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SILENT WITNESS
by Lydia Filzen
When a pharmaceutical firm becomes a target for attack by eco-terrorists, his dog is the only witness to a murder. In order to learn the truth, Dani must overcome her reluctance to use her ability to "hear" what animals want to tell her.
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SLEEPING LADY
by Sue Henry
Alex and Jessie must search for answers when the wreckage of a plane that crashed more than six months earlier is finally found.
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TEN LITTLE BLOODHOUNDS
by Virginia Lanier
Jo Beth Sidden is hired by a reclusive, wealthy island matriarch to find her lost cat. Shortly thereafter, her client is murdered, and the lawyers hire Jo Beth to find the culprit.
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THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
by Dean Koontz
(HARDCOVER AT A PAPERBACK PRICE) Koontz delivers suspense for all seasons with a transcendent thriller--a heart-gripping tour de force featuring a dedicated dog rescuer, a very special golden retriever she saves, and the murderous adversaries they must face together.
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THE DOG WHO SPOKE WITH GODS
by Diane Jessup
Featuring an American Pit Bull Terrier, this moving novel of friendship and loyalty between a young pre-med student and a laboratory research dog named Damien is a must-read for all dog lovers.
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THE HARD WAY
by Carol Lea Benjamin
A once-in-a-lifetime case that, before it's over, will engulf Rachel Alexander and her dog Dashiel in a dangerous new world and change the way that she sees her city forever!
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THE HARD WAY
by Carol Lea Benjamin
A once-in-a-lifetime case that, before it's over, will engulf Rachel Alexander and her dog Dashiel in a dangerous new world and change the way that she sees her city forever!
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THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE
by David Wroblewski
For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home.
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TO COLLAR A KILLER
by Lee Charles Kelley
Ingeniously framed for a July 4th murder, Maine kennel owner Jack Field must solve the killing to win his freedom--even though everyone from a powerful tycoon to a passel of pro assassins wants Jack and his doggie pals dead.
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TRICKED
by Diane Bridenbaker
Emma Rogers has a nice life. She has a wonderful family, the two best friends in the world, a champion Newfoundland name Cole who is her constant companion, a successful business, and a lovely home. But some unknown person or persons are watching her and disturbing her well-ordered life. Before long, matters escalate and Emma and Cole find themselves in real danger!
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UNLEASHED
by Laurien Berenson
Heroine Melanie Travis tracks down the killer of her boyfriend's ex-wife. Well done, good reading, great for gift-giving!
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WATCHDOG
by Laurien Berenson
Wealthy Marcus Rattigan is found murdered, and the police think Melanie's brother Frank did it. So Melanie takes on the investigation, and learns that being a watchdog can be dangerous!
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WATCHERS
by Dean Koontz
With a new Afterword by the author, this classic Koontz title--one of his most popular and acclaimed novels--features stunning new cover art. Two genetically altered life forms break loose from a top-secret government lab. One is "Einstein, " a friendly dog. The other--The Outsider--is a deadly hybrid.
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WHISKEY AND TONIC (#3)
by Nina Wright
A tiara-stealing dog and a long line of cursed Miss Blossom beauty queens enliven this third whodunit to feature Whiskey Mattimoe, realtor and sometime sleuth.
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WHISKEY STRAIGHT UP (#2)
by Nina Wright
Whiskey Mattimoe, an eternally disheveled, mid-30s real estate agent, is drawn into another rollicking adventure with her purse-stealing dog. Amid the uproar of a murder mystery, she makes the surprising discovery that she's ready to dip her toes into romance again.
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WINNERS BITCH
by Irene Brody
After an absence of ten years and despite her misgivings, Vivian Thorne allows her best friend, Brian Santiago, to convince her to enter her puppy at the week long Collie Club of America National Specialty. Soon they find themselves unlikely sleuths on the dangerous trail of a killer.
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WITHOUT A WORD
by Carol Lea Benjamin
The daughter of a client--rendered mute by her mother's disappearance--is the only suspect in a brutal stabbing death. Private detective Rachel Alexander's investigation uncovers complex, heartbreaking issues, and problems someone is willing to die--or kill--for.
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