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Author
Series
Maxie and Stretch mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Maxie McNabb and her miniature dachshund, Stretch, investigate a murder that shatters the quiet in their hometown of Homer, Alaska.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Virginia finally had the chance to explore a relationship with Aaron when he asked her on a date. She had been waiting, hoping that the widower and his young son, Buddy, would welcome her into their lives. But a terrible tragedy strikes on the night of their first kiss, crushing their hopes for a future together. Nineteen years later, Virginia is engaged, though she has not forgotten Aaron or Buddy. When her dog goes missing and it comes to light...
24) Orchid blues
Author
Series
Holly Barker novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Author
Series
Miss Ruffles mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Rich and flamboyant Honeybelle Hensley, the most colorful character in Mule Stop, Texas, dies a suspicious death and enrages the whole town by leaving her worldly fortune to the most undeserving recipient-her dog. The incorrigible Miss Ruffles is a Texas Cattle Cur, not a cuddly lapdog, and when Honeybelle was alive, Miss Ruffles liked nothing better than digging up Honeybelle's famous rose garden after breakfast, chasing off the UPS man before lunch...
27) Who cares!
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When dog owners Leonora and Carmelo are laughed at because their dogs do not look like them, they decide to switch dogs.
Author
Series
Max Bravo mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock and rolling in donkey manure and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looing uncertainty,...
Author
Series
Maxie and Stretch mysteries volume 3
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
31) The hiding place
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mercy and Elvis are back in The Hiding Place, the most enthralling entry yet in USA Today bestselling Paula Munier's award-winning Mercy Carr mystery series. When the man who killed her grandfather breaks out of prison and comes after her grandmother, Mercy must unearth the long-buried scandals that threaten to tear her family apart. And she may have to do it without her beloved canine partner Elvis, if his former handler has his way.... Some people...
Author
Series
Pampered pets mystery volume 5
Publisher
Bell Bridge Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As Greenwich, Connecticut, slows down during a bitterly cold February, Melanie and her spunky Aunt Peg head to the city that never sleeps for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. Aunt Peg can't wait to demonstrate her judging chops on national TV, even after being hounded by frustrating mishaps - all seemingly orchestrated by Victor Durbin, an ousted Paugussett Poodle Club member with a bone to pick. But the bright lights...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As Melanie attempts to deck the halls in a house overrun by pampered Poodles, her event planner friend, Claire, is busy playing Santa--beard and belly not included--for the wealthiest clientele on Connecticut's Gold Coast. A personal shopper gig in the affluent town of New Canaan seems like business as usual. Except Claire's stylish stint comes at a higher price than she bargains for when she stumbles over her newest customer's dead body on the job....
36) I'm my own dog
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A dog without a human companion fetches his own slippers and curls up at his own feet but cannot reach a certain itchy spot in the middle of his back, compelling him to leash a poor lonely human who will loyally offer a helpful scratch.
Author
Series
Roundup Crew mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur, A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"With side-splitting humor, an irresistible cast of characters--both human and canine--and an intimate small town setting, Yappy Hour is sure to delight fans of Rita Mae Brown and Diane Kelly. Every Friday night in the idyllic seaside town of Pacific Cove, CA, the Roundup Crew, a group of dog-loving friends, meet at a neighborhood wine bar for Yappy Hour. When Rachel, the owner, mysteriously leaves town and asks her sister, Maggie (who is neither...
39) Dog dish of doom
Author
Series
Agent to the paws volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Kay Powell wants to find that break-out client who will become a star. And she thinks she's found him: His name is Bruno, and he has to be walked three times a day. Bruno's humans, Trent and Louise, butt in a lot, and Les McMaster, the famous director now mounting a revival of Annie, might not hire Bruno just because he can't stand Trent in particular. That becomes less of an issue when Trent is discovered face down in Bruno's water dish. With a...
40) The K team
Author
Series
K team novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Andy Carpenter's wife, Laurie, was a cop, a good one. Now she helps out on Andy's cases while also raising Ricky, their son. But she's been chafing to jump back into investigating on her own, and when her former partner and his German shepherd K-9 partner come to her with a proposal, she's in. From the author of the bestselling Andy Carpenter mysteries comes a spectacular new series with a K-9 main character"--
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