The Second Grave by Jeffrey B. Burton

March 15, 2025

I mentioned before that I somehow missed the first book in Jeffrey B. Burton’s latest series, The Dead Years. You do not have to read that before picking up his latest Chicago K-9 thriller, The Second Grave. But, if you like these books, you might want to go...

Sniffing Out Murder by Kallie E. Benjamin

December 04, 2023

Writing as Kallie E. Benjamin, Valerie Burns (V.M. Burns) launches the Bailey the Bloodhound cozy mystery series. She’s carved out a little niche for herself in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, for settings. This series is set in Crosbyville, a city of...

Standing Dead by Margaret Mizushima

March 08, 2023

As much as I like Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 series, I was happy to see the ongoing storyline of Mattie Wray’s family end in Standing Dead. At least it felt as if it came to a logical conclusion. I’m hoping we can move on to more...

Vanishing Hour by Laura Griffin

October 23, 2022

The blurb for Laura Griffin’s Vanishing Hour calls it a romantic thriller. Yes, there is romance, but the emphasis in the book is on the investigations of cold cases. And, lawyer Ava Burch, her search-and-rescue dog, Huck, and Detective Grant Wycoff make a...

Bark to the Future by Spencer Quinn

August 07, 2022

“Do you think we go through high school in an intense fog?” Heck, yes. That’s the only way most of us can survive high school. In the thirteenth Chet and Bernie mystery, Bark to the Future, Bernie discovers most of what he remembers from high school...