Dog Fiction Mystery

After financial disaster and the zeppelin bombing, the far-future, domed, neo-Victorian city of Bridges is reeling. Three of the four Families are implicated, and an inquest is called to investigate. After her failure to prove Jack Diamond's guilt in David Bryce's kidnapping and the murders of her informants, private eye and mobster's moll Jacqueline Spadros has had enough. While she and her former lover Joseph Kerr try to learn who killed their family friend, they also begin making plans to leave the city. Her tormentors, however, are just getting started.

Seattle yoga instructor Kate Davidson often acts more like a champion fighting rooster than the Dalai Lama. When she's not teaching yoga, she spends her time hiding from her creepy landlord and dodging her best friend's relentless matchmaking attempts. Even though her father was a cop, Kate has zero crime fighting aspirations. She has enough trouble keeping her struggling yoga business afloat while trying to live up to yoga's Zen-like expectations.

Hank runs into a dispute with a giant bullfrog over the Emerald Pond. Then, there's a battle with a...well, let's just say a monster. It's too scary to even tell what kind of monster it is! However, things get really tough when Hank is entrusted with the job of guarding Little Alfred's soon-to-be prize winning chicks.

When Seattle yoga teacher Kate Davidson agrees to teach doga (yoga for dogs) at a fundraiser for a local animal shelter, she believes the only damage will be to her reputation. But a few downward-facing dogs are the least of Kate’s problems when an animal rights protest at the event leads to a suspicious fire and a drowning. The police arrest Dharma, a woman claiming to be Kate’s estranged mother, and charge her with murder. To prove Dharma’s innocence, Kate dives deeply into the worlds of animal activism and organizational politics.

Trina Potter, Nashville country music star, buys a ranch near her hometown in Brenham, Texas, to help her niece open a rescue facility for dogs. Her presence in town stirs up some old high school rivalries—and romance. Finding property to buy is a challenge; convincing her mother to move there with her is daunting; and navigating a string of strange accidents is perplexing. Sometimes Trina feels like she’s purchased her own three-ring circus instead of a beautiful piece of land. But her first priority will be figuring out who wants Second Chance Ranch shut down.

Someone has left puppies on the doorsteps of Pineapple Port's residents, but the adorable balls of fur seem to be connected to the murder of a nearby millionaire with too many heirs of his own. Meanwhile, Mariska's been framed for baking a killer cake, and Charlotte must clear her name.

Lacey Doyle, 39 ans et fraîchement divorcée, a opéré un changement drastique: elle a délaissé la vie trépidante de New York et s’est installée dans la pittoresque ville côtière anglaise de Wilfordshire. Le printemps est dans l’air. Avec le meurtre du mois précédent derrière elle, un nouveau meilleur ami en la personne de son collie anglais, et une relation naissante avec le chef de l’autre côté de la rue, tout semble enfin trouver sa place.

As Christmas approaches, French Bulldog Smudge and baker Melody are looking forward to a break. That is until they find a body, and one of their friends is the prime suspect. Melody is busy preparing Christmas orders and notices that her friend Carole Archer has put in a huge order. Carole lets her know that she is due a big Christmas bonus from her boss and has decided to celebrate.

Melody Marshal runs a famous bakery with her loyal assistants and lovely Frenchie Smudge. She no longer enters the pie competition having won it for many years. Now she is a judge. When her fellow judge, Peter Wexler, dies during the tasting, the finger points at the meek librarian. Melody does not believe her friend could have done this and yet the evidence is mounting up. Danger and suspects lurk in the sleepy town.

Melody and French Bulldog Smudge are concerned when their Friend Kerry Porter announces she will attend the winter ball with a businessman who has been a little free with the ladies. Bradford Smedley is a womanizer, so it is no surprise when an old flame interrupts the ball with pictures of them together. Poor Kerry is devastated and rushes out in tears. When Bradford is later found badly beaten, in Kerry’s house, all the evidence points to her.

Melody Marshall can’t understand why her friends are fawning over the visit of the famous artist, Byron Elmsford. Sure, he’s good looking, talented, and rich, but he seems a bit sleazy to her. Flirting and working every woman he meets. When her friend Sam accuses the artist of stealing his work the town is shocked. It doesn’t help that Samm appears drunk and very angry. When Byron is found dead, there appears to be only one suspect. Only Melody and her Frenchie, Smudge don’t believe that Sam is guilty.

It's an "all in the family" voyage when Millie’s step-daughter, Fiona, joins Siren of the Seas to see her father. The last time Millie saw Fiona was when she stormed out of the restaurant during a celebratory dinner after calling Millie some terrible names. To up Millie's anxiety, Andy is taking a vacation to visit his family. He changes his mind at the last minute and decides to bring his sister on board instead. Disaster strikes when Scout goes missing and it's a race against time as Millie tries to find the family's pup before Fiona, who gifted Scout to her father, finds out.

Yogi Kate must clear her name of murder in this charming yoga mystery.

When Kate Davidson gets an offer to teach yoga classes to wedding guests at the Elysian Springs resort, she jumps at the opportunity, even though it means being forced to endure the wedding ceremony of the center's two caretakers.

It's almost time for graduation, and Eastern College is in trouble. A prominent alumna is dead, and a faulty computer program is jeopardizing student records and financial aid. It's up to Steve and Rochester to dig into the situation and retrieve the culprits! Rita Gaines wasn't a nice person-but she did love her dogs, and most of her clients respected her financial acumen and her talent in training dogs for agility trials.

Autumn has come to Bucks County, and Steve Levitan has a new job: Develop a conference center for Eastern College at Friar Lake, a few miles from campus. But on his first visit to the property, his golden retriever, Rochester, makes a disturbing discovery: a human hand rising from the dirt at the lake's shore. Whose hand is it? Why was the body buried there? The answers will take Steve, his photographer girlfriend, Lili, and the ever-faithful Rochester to a drop-in center for recovering drug addicts on the Lower East Side....

Georges Simenon's gripping tale of small town suspicion and revenge, part of the new Maigret series. There was an exaggerated humility about her. Her cowed eyes, her way of gliding noiselessly about without bumping into things, of quivering nervously at the slightest word, were the very image of a scullery maid accustomed to hardship. And yet he sensed, beneath that image, glints of pride held firmly in check. She was anaemic. Her flat chest was not formed to rouse desire.

A lovable dog helps his human girl solve a mystery. Thor has been accused of wrecking Mr. Gary’s yard, knocking over trash cans, eating the vegetables out of the garden, and pooping. But King and Kayla, with the help of some other neighbors, are determined to clear his name, using a wide variety of familiar and new detecting skills. With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King & Kayla series from Geisel Honor Award-winning team Dori Hillestad Butler and Nancy Meyers is perfect for newly independent readers.

In this short story prequel to Paws and Puzzles: Whiskey Dog Mystery #1, listeners discover how Sarah Carter decided to start her company, move to Cottageville, and most importantly, adopted a dog whom she named Whiskey.

An Alzheimer’s patient slips away from home on his own and tumbles into the Delaware River. And then Steve’s love Lili suffers the crushing loss of her mother in a Miami Beach hospital. Eckhardt Lalor left behind a fortune in real estate, a fractured family, and a bitter legacy as a city slumlord. Does that add up to murder? There’s no question of what killed Benita Weinstock — a dodgy heart — but her death rocks her daughter’s world, and Steve’s. It will be up to Rochester to solve the crime and heal his humans in this new mystery with heart — and fur.

Peggy was a great friend to Steve when they were teens. Can he help her now as she faces the death penalty? As teens, semi-reformed hacker Steve Levitan admired his friend Peggy because of the way she fought back from a difficult childhood to travel to France and aspire to a college degree and a career as a lawyer.