Dog lover's mysteries (Susan Conant)

There is dog lore galore in this novel as Holy Winter, a reporter for Dog's Life magazine, investigates the death of a dog-loving bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By the author of Gone to the Dogs.

A pure-bred dog competition in Connecticut becomes lethal for a judge, found bludgeoned to death. Writer and competitor Holly Winter, who has two dogs in the show, goes after the killer.

Dog trainer-sleuth Holly Winter tries to extricate herself from the world of her demanding new client--a Mob boss--without losing her life in the process.

Called in to train a dog belonging to a dysfunctional New Age couple, Holly Winter stumbles into the middle of the family's secrets when the wife falls victim to an accidental overdose and the victim's daughter persuades Holly that it was murder.

When Dog's Life columnist Holly Winter rejects applicants who want to adopt homeless dogs, she makes a lot of enemies. In dogs Holly trusts, and the dogs she trusts most are her beloved malamutes, Rowdy, Kimi and Sammy. But right now she could use a human friend. Lately, it seems wherever she turns, things go wrong: an anonymous call turns vicious, her husband is keeping secrets, and acquaintances die under mysterious circumstances. Then Holly's own...