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...

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...

Striking Range by Margaret Mizushima

September 04, 2021

Although Striking Range is the seventh Timber Creek K-9 mystery, the backstory that Margaret Mizushima presents is so smoothly done that new readers will be able to pick up the storyline, and it just serves as a gentle reminder for those of us who read Hanging Falls a...

Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly

October 27, 2020

Diane Kelly successfully combines police procedural with cozy mystery in the ninth Paw Enforcement mystery, Bending the Paw.  It’s too bad Officer Megan Luz of the Fort Worth Police Department doesn’t have her dog, Brigit’s, nose. Cases...

Hanging Falls by Margaret Mizushima

September 07, 2020

While I don’t keep up with Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 series as I should, it’s easy to pick up the storyline. Hanging Falls, the sixth book, offers mysteries for the sheriff’s department, but also provides additional answers in...