The Wedding Plot by Paula Munier

July 18, 2022

If you haven’t read the previous three books featuring veteran Mercy Carr, and her bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, you must have ignored my reviews. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in Paula Munier’s series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and...

The Lost by Jeffrey B. Burton

June 28, 2022

Mace Reid, Officer Kippy Gumm, and, best of all, Mace’s cadaver dogs, are all back in the third book in the series, The Lost. While Mace’s HRD, human remains detection dogs, especially Vira, are brilliant, and Kippy is streetwise and has flashes of...

London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency by Kate MacDougall

September 11, 2021

While the title, London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency might sound like a romantic comedy, it’s actually Kate MacDougall’s memoir. At times, it reads like a romcom, but it isn’t. In October 2006, Kate once again broke something at her job at...

The Keepers by Jeffrey B. Burton

June 28, 2021

When I reviewed Jeffrey B. Burton’s The Finders, I referred to the series debut as an intense, sometimes graphic novel with a remarkable dog. The second book, The Keepers, says “A Mace Reid K-9 Mystery” on the cover. Make no mistake, the cadaver...

The Hiding Place by Paula Munier

March 29, 2021

I don’t know the last time a mystery made me sob, but Paula Munier managed it with The Hiding Place. The third Mercy Carr mystery is a compelling, emotional story; emotional for both Mercy and the reader. Military veteran Mercy Carr had a falling out with...