Of Mutts and Murder

Of Mutts and Murder PDF Author: Bethany Blake
Publisher: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery
ISBN: 9781496717375
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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It's time for Sylvan Creek's annual "Chili for Dogs" charity event--and when Daphne Templeton-Black's father, Ben, rolls into town with his food truck and his faithful mutt, it's sure to spice up the Memorial Day weekend. But another kind of memorial is in the cards when Jack's business partner downs some poisoned chili. As if Daphne didn't have enough family commitments helping her pregnant sister, now she has to figure out who had a beef with the victim and clear her father of murder. And as she peppers witnesses and suspects with questions, she's worried that if she can't get someone to spill the beans, her efforts won't amount to a hill of beans . . . Includes recipes for homemade pet treats! "Doggone charming from start to finish!" --Cleo Coyle, New York Times bestselling author on Death by Chocolate Lab

Of Mutts and Murder

Of Mutts and Murder PDF Author: Bethany Blake
Publisher: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery
ISBN: 9781496717375
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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It's time for Sylvan Creek's annual "Chili for Dogs" charity event--and when Daphne Templeton-Black's father, Ben, rolls into town with his food truck and his faithful mutt, it's sure to spice up the Memorial Day weekend. But another kind of memorial is in the cards when Jack's business partner downs some poisoned chili. As if Daphne didn't have enough family commitments helping her pregnant sister, now she has to figure out who had a beef with the victim and clear her father of murder. And as she peppers witnesses and suspects with questions, she's worried that if she can't get someone to spill the beans, her efforts won't amount to a hill of beans . . . Includes recipes for homemade pet treats! "Doggone charming from start to finish!" --Cleo Coyle, New York Times bestselling author on Death by Chocolate Lab

Of Mutts and Men

Of Mutts and Men PDF Author: Spencer Quinn
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1250751721
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Spencer Quinn's Of Mutts and Men is the latest in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful"... When Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe), and his partner, PI Bernie Little of the desert-based Little Detective Agency, arrive to a meeting with hydrologist Wendell Nero, they are in for a shocking sight—Wendell has come to a violent and mysterious end. What did the hydrologist want to see them about? Is his death a random robbery, or something more? Chet and Bernie, working for nothing more than an eight-pack of Slim Jims, are on the case. Bernie might be the only one who thinks the police have arrested the wrong man, including the perp’s own defense attorney. Chet and Bernie begin to look into Wendell’s work, a search that leads to a struggling winemaker who has received an offer he can’t refuse. Meanwhile, Chet is smelling water where there is no water, and soon Chet and Bernie are in danger like never before. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Pickle in the Middle Murder

Pickle in the Middle Murder PDF Author: Jessie Chandler
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738725986
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Privy to Murder Shay O’Hanlon never knew the Minnesota Renaissance Festival was such a strange and bawdy event until JT Bordeaux—her badge-wearing, medieval-loving girlfriend—drags her along for a visit. The sixteenth-century faire is full of thrilling jousts, feisty wenches, and pickle vendors showing off their tasty tonsil ticklers, but Shay is distracted by the call of her full bladder. While trying to rein in her newest dog’s overactive nose, she finds a dead body with a pickle stuffed in his mouth. A real dead body. In the privy. And before Shay can shout “Huzzah!” JT is arrested for being the porta-potty body’s murderer. Together with her quirky crew of caper-solving pals, Shay must scramble for clues to free JT from the clink . . . and her troubled past.

A Midwinter's Tail

A Midwinter's Tail PDF Author: Bethany Blake
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
ISBN: 1496717341
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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A pet-care tycoon is felled by a pair of grooming shears in this cozy mystery set in a small Pennsylvania town. Professional pet sitter Daphne Templeton loves the holidays in Sylvan Creek, Pennsylvania. And nothing gets her into the spirit more than the town's annual Bark the Halls Ball. The whole community will be there to wag their tails, especially this year's special guest—Celeste “CeeCee” French, founder of a national chain of pet care franchises, who's returning home to announce plans for a bright new flagship store. But not everyone's celebrating CeeCee's homecoming. Daphne's friend Moxie Bloom, owner of Spa and Paw, a unique salon for people and their pets, has plenty to growl about. So when CeeCee is found face down under Sylvan Creek's town Christmas tree, stabbed with a distinctive pair of professional-grade pet shears, suspicion lands squarely on Moxie. Despite Daphne's promises to Detective Jonathan Black, she quickly reprises her role as amateur sleuth. Ably assisted by her basset hound sidekick, Socrates, she must hurry to prove her friend's innocence before a killer barks again . . . Includes recipes for homemade pet treats! “Doggone charming from start to finish!” —Cleo Coyle, New York Times bestselling author on Death by Chocolate Lab

Death by Chocolate Lab

Death by Chocolate Lab PDF Author: Bethany Blake
Publisher: Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery
ISBN: 9781432842222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Pet sitter Daphne Templeton has a soft spot for every stray and misfit that wanders into the lakeside village of Sylvan Creek. But even she doesn't like arrogant, womanizing Steve Beamus, owner of Blue Ribbon K-9 Academy. When Steve turns up dead during a dog agility trial, Daphne can think of a long list of people with motives for homicide. Unfortunately, at the top is her sister, Piper -- Steve's latest wronged girlfriend. Certain that she's innocent, Daphne sets out to clear her sister's name and find Steve's missing prize-winning chocolate Lab.

Heart of Barkness

Heart of Barkness PDF Author: Spencer Quinn
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1250297710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Spencer Quinn's Heart of Barkness is the latest in the New York Times bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful"... Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much worse in the world of country music. They’re both music lovers, so when Lotty Pilgrim, a country singer from long ago, turns up at a local bar, they drive out to catch her act. Bernie’s surprised to see someone who was once so big performing in such a dive, and drops a C-note the Little Detective Agency can’t afford to part with into the tip jar. The C-note is stolen right from under their noses – even from under Chet’s, the nose that misses nothing – and before the night is over, it’s stolen again. Soon they’re working the most puzzling case of their career, a case that takes them back in time in search of old border-town secrets, and into present-day danger where powerful people want those secrets to stay hidden. Chet and Bernie find themselves sucked into a real-life murder ballad where there is no one to trust but each other. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Mutts Murder and Mayhem

Mutts Murder and Mayhem PDF Author: Ellen Gilman
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Millie Whitfield, owner of The Best Doggone Bakery, expects the Third Annual Fur-Baby Gala to be the best one yet-- that it will raise record-breaking donations for her charitable foundation to help needy dogs. Frannie Flowers, florist and event planner for the gala, falls and breaks her wrist chasing her new foster pup-- leaving Millie in a ruff spot. Daisy Flowers, first-year associate in her father's D.C. law firm, is following in her dad's footsteps-- what she always wanted to do. Edward Plant, the law firm's hunky investigator, has become Daisy's best friend and advisor. They met her first day on the job, and she's infatuated with him. Lately Daisy is feeling uncertain she's chosen the right career. The only thing making her feel happy is when she's dog sitting Max, a rough collie. So when her mom calls desperately needing her assistance at the gala, she wants to help. The problem is the awful timing-- her team is in final preparations for a major trial. Does she stay in D.C. or go to Houndsville? Decisions have consequences. Things happen. Even murder!

Fifteen Dogs

Fifteen Dogs PDF Author: André Alexis
Publisher: Coach House Books
ISBN: 1770564039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards Winner of the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize "[Alexis] devises an inventive romp through the nature of humanity in this beautiful, entertaining read … A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized." – Kirkus Reviews "This might be the best set-up of the spring." – The Globe & Mail "André Alexis has established himself as one of our preeminent voices." – Toronto Star — I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. — I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence. And so it begins: a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto vet­erinary clinic. Suddenly capable of more complex thought, the pack is torn between those who resist the new ways of thinking, preferring the old 'dog' ways, and those who embrace the change. The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their newly unfamiliar world, as they become divided among themselves, as each struggles with new thoughts and feelings. Wily Benjy moves from home to home, Prince becomes a poet, and Majnoun forges a relationship with a kind couple that stops even the Fates in their tracks. André Alexis's contemporary take on the apologue offers an utterly compelling and affecting look at the beauty and perils of human consciousness. By turns meditative and devastating, charming and strange, Fifteen Dogs shows you can teach an old genre new tricks. André Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His other previous books include Asylum, Beauty and Sadness, Ingrid & the Wolf and, most recently, Pastoral, which was also nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was named a Globe and Mail Top 100 book of 2014.

It's a Wonderful Woof

It's a Wonderful Woof PDF Author: Spencer Quinn
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1250770351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Spencer Quinn's It's a Wonderful Woof presents a holiday adventure for Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in crime fiction” (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little. Holiday time in the Valley, and in the holiday spirit—despite the dismal shape of the finances at the Little Detective Agency—Bernie refers a potential client to Victor Klovsky, a fellow private eye. It’s also true that the case—promising lots of online research but little action—doesn’t appeal to Bernie, while it seems perfect for Victor, who is not cut out for rough stuff. But Victor disappears in a rough-stuff way, and when he doesn’t show up at his mom’s to light the Hanukkah candles, she hires Chet and Bernie to find him. They soon discover that Victor’s client has also vanished. The trail leads to the ruins of a mission called Nuestra Señora de los Saguaros, dating back to the earliest Spanish explorers. Some very dangerous people are interested in the old mission. Does some dusty archive hold the secret of a previously unknown art treasure, possibly buried for centuries? What does the Flight into Egypt—when Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus fled Herod—have to do with saguaros, the Sonoran desert cactus? No one is better than Chet at nosing out buried secrets, but before he can, he and Bernie are forced to take flight themselves, chased through a Christmas Eve blizzard by a murderous foe who loves art all too much. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Thereby Hangs a Tail

Thereby Hangs a Tail PDF Author: Spencer Quinn
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459612892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Bernie Little and his canine companion, Chet, are private investigators. Both have had some setbacks in life - Bernie in combat, Chet in K-9 dog-training school - but together they make up a team like no other. In Thereby Hangs a Tail, Bernie and Chet are hired to investigate threats made against an unlikely target - a pretty, pampered show dog named Princess. What seems like a joke turns serious when Princess and her owner are abducted. And to make matters worse, Bernie's on-again, off-again girlfriend, reporter Susie Sanchez, disappears too. When Chet gets separated from Bernie, he tries to put the pieces together, find his way home, and save the day. With genuine suspense and intrigue, combined with humour and insight into the special bond between man and dog, Thereby Hangs a Tail is the much awaited sequel to the fantastic, funny, New York Times bestselling Dog On It. It will keep everyone talking - and chuckling.