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Ruffly Speaking (Dog Lover's Mysteries)

Ruffly Speaking (Dog Lover's Mysteries)

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Author: Susan Conant
Publisher: Crimeline
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
Sales Rank: 327046

Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9

ISBN: 0553294849
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553294842
ASIN: 0553294849

Publication Date: October 1, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Also Available In:

  • Hardcover - Ruffly Speaking
  • Hardcover - Ruffly Speaking: A Dog Lover's Mystery

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Ruffly, a mutt who hears for the hearing-impaired, tunes into sounds no humans can hear when he and his owner move into the home of a recently deceased dog-lover--and amateur sleuth Holly Winter suspects murder. Reprint. K.


Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars Ruffly Speaking (Dog Lover's Mysteries)   May 3, 2009
MamaPointeshoe (Clemson, SC)
humorous entertaining story love all the dog references once you start reading you can't stop great ending.


5 out of 5 stars another one of her best   February 26, 2007
pjf (MD USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I loved this one, the dogs, the new characters, Winer and Lamb, Rita and her psychological ponderings, the hearing dog Ruffly and her owner, and just the wealth of detail about all of them. this was a nicely constructed mystery, plenty of meaty characters, plenty of side plots, plenty of dogs to enjoy. If I were a dog, I'd beg for more like this one.


4 out of 5 stars Too much fun!   November 14, 2006
S. Schwartz (alberta canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This series just gets to be more and more fun. I love Holly Winter and her two beautiful Alaskan Malamutes. This book delves into the world of working dogs, more specifically hearing aid dogs. Dogs are wonderful aids for people with all kinds of disabilities. Ruffly is an adorable little mixed breed that lives with a woman who is hearing impaired, and believe me, he takes his job seriously. And we also have a murder to deal with. A murder that it seems only Holly thinks is a murder. The denouement of the murderer is also fun because we have Holly backed by her trusty Rowdy who do the unmasking. This series is definitely for dog lovers, but even those who aren't as fascinated by dogs as some of us will enjoy this warm and wonderful series.


2 out of 5 stars Is this a novel or a pamphlet written by the Iams company?   January 12, 2006
Codababy (Delaware)
Better than Bloodlines, but still not that great. Poor character development, and the fact that Conant has a tendancy to ramble make this book less than what it could have been.

I'm also getting rather irritated with the author's constant free advertising plugs for Eukanuba, Iams, and some other major brand names in the pet industry. Are we reading an novel, or an informational brochure by Iams? Is she getting paid to do this, or does she really believe that Eukanuba is the best dog food on the market? (If she does, she's very ignorant on the subject of dog foods.) I don't like my novels to tell me how I should be training or what I should be feeding.

I probably will not ever purchase any books written by Conant again.



2 out of 5 stars Roughly written.   April 23, 2005
Collene Irvin (Ohio)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Morris Lamb dies suddenly of what appears to be plant poisoning: his plants. When his house is sold to an Episcopalian priest and her deaf dog companion starts to have seizures, Holly Winter, dog writer and lover, starts to investigate.

I have enjoyed this series that takes place in Cambridge, Ma.
I'm definitely a dog person and these are definitely dog lovers books, filled with all kinds of tips and tidbits on dog companions.

I was extremely disappointed in this one, however. The writing is choppy. The characters that haven't already been introduced in previous books are underdeveloped. Conant often seems to babble. I didn't really understand how her opening statements about aliens and ufo's had anything to do with dogs.

The Dog Lover's Mysteries have been a favorite of mine so I'm going to give it another chance and read the next one, but I wish someone had told me earlier not to waste my time on this one.



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