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Death in Bloodhound Red |  | Author: Virginia Lanier
Publisher: Pineapple Press (FL)
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Rating:  25 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 461
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 1561644072
EAN: 9781561644070
ASIN: 1561644072
Publication Date: June 30, 2007
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Jo Beth Siddon is a bloodhound trainer with a special talent for harrowing search-and-rescue missions, and a bad habit for mouthing off to deputies who refuse to take orders from a woman.She has seen her share of trouble: moonshiners poking guns at her head, crooked cops, and an abusive ex-husband with a terrible temper. Then she's suspected of murder and finds herself treading a quagmire as thick and treacherous as the Okefenokee Swamp. If she can't prove her innocence, she might lose not only the thriving business she loves, but the freedom and independence she's fought for all her life.
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Death in Bloodhound Red mystery by Virgina Lanier March 27, 2009
Lennie M. Austin (Moncks Corner, S.C.)
Super fun mystery book with great characters and wonderful dog elements. Jo Beth Sidden is a true Southern spunky lady! Want to read all of the other books by this author (this is the second one I have read). Our online "mutt group" at SparkPeople voted this book as the one for reading two months in a row!
Only 7 books out there! December 16, 2008
Vicki Smith (Annandale, VA USA)
I have read all 7 of Lanier's books (she unfortunately passed away in 2003) and never regretted one penny spent. (I'm hoping her heirs come across some finished manuscripts squirreled away somewhere). The characters come alive (human and canine alike) and every situation totally believable. I have worked with dogs for many years and see many of my charges in her hounds. Anyone who likes adult (but not trashy) mysteries and loves animals will enjoy these novels.
 SNIFFIN THE TRAIL August 21, 2006
Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA)
Virginia Lanier's bloodhound series opens pretty convincingly in this book which has enough plotting and subplotting to fill three books. We're introduced to feisty JoBeth Sidden, a near-thirtyish trainer of bloodhounds who also has her own company which does search and rescue operations for local police authorities. In this debut, JoBeth is involved with an abusive ex-husband; the mysterious will of her deceased artist father; a handsome new lawyer in town; escaped criminals; missing children; a handsome private investigator; and lots more. JoBeth is even framed for the attempted murder of aforementined Bubba, her ex! While it takes a little patience to get into this book, once you do, you'll find yourself rewarded. Lanier has a flair for Southern life, and her characters are sharply drawn and developed.
I'm looking forward to further adventures with JoBeth and her hounds!
If Faulkner wrote mysteries .... February 3, 2005
Olin Elliott (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The sub-genre of "dog mysteries" is not nearly as extensive as "cat mysteries" for reasons I will never understand. (After all, do cats really care what human beings do to each other? I don't think so.) In this specialized arena, Virgina Lanier's Bloodhound books are definately best in show. "Death in Bloodhound Red" is one of the best novels -- in or out of the mystery genre -- I've read in a long time. Yes, the plot is meandering and convoluted, the conversations are of a length only southerners can aspire to, and the language is as dense and atmospheric as the scent of jasmine on an early summer day. But what matters in the end is how completely Lanier manages to submerge us in the swampy world of southern Georgia and the wonderful profession of search-and-rescue with her beloved bloodhounds. If all the following books aren't always as over the top excellent as the first, who cares? They are all great and the bloodhounds get even more time on stage as the series goes on. What more could you want?
Wonderful Series... June 14, 2004
K. A. Stevenson (Tucson)
"Death in Bloodhound Red" is the first in the Virginia Lanier "Bloodhound Series." It is a great book and so different from most mysteries that I am surprised that I had not heard of the series before.This is a series to buy all at once because once you start reading = you will not want to stop. "Death in Bloodhound Red" is difficult to classify even though it is a mystery. It is not a superficially light book and there are parts that will make you laugh and parts that are very somber. Jo Beth Sidden raises and trains bloodhounds and utilizes them for tracking in a small county in Georgia. Her life is rather interesting. Her deceased father became a famous artist when she was a teenager, while most of her childhood was spent in dire poverty. Her childhood though, is in many ways very mysterious. Yet by working continually, Jo Beth has built a kennel and bloodhoumd business. Businesses and law enforcement agencies hire her and her dogs to seek out drugs and criminals. Jo Beth is rather a tough woman because she has had to be. But she is working at addressing the vulnerabilities in her life and this dialogue is reflected as well. She is a very ardent feminist because she has had to confront countless prejuidices in her life of work. Virginia Lanier has topped my list for new authors.
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