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Jul 20, 2022 · With their incredible sense of smell and ability to be trained, dogs and mysteries go together like peanut butter and jelly. As I started working on this list, I realized that there’s a lot of ways that dogs show up in mysteries. Dogs can be main characters in the story in several capacities: accessory to the crime, victim, or even the narrator.
- Dog on It (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1) by Spencer Quinn (Goodreads Author)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- To Fetch a Thief (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #3) by Spencer Quinn (Goodreads Author)
- Murder Strikes a Pose (Downward Dog Mystery, #1) by Tracy Weber (Goodreads Author)
Eight years later, fourteen-year-old Jennifer wants to hire Detective Owen McKenna to look into the death, which she believes was a murder. When Owen begins to investigate, another body is discovered. Owen's girlfriend Street Casey, a forensic entomologist, analyzes maggots found in the corpse. Her information helps Owen connect the body to the ...
- Margaret Mizushima
- Robert Crais, Suspect. This thrilling mystery features traumatized LAPD officer, Scott James, who is recovering from an assault in which his partner was killed and he almost lost his life.
- Sara Driscoll, Lone Wolf. Lone Wolf, first in Driscoll’s FBI K-9 series, introduces FBI Special Agent Meg Jennings and Hawk, her search-and-rescue Labrador, and it’s a thrilling novel in which this team races against time to track down a bomber who is one of the deadliest killers in the country.
- Alex Kava, Breaking Creed. Bestselling author Alex Kava penned a thrilling hit when she launched a new series featuring FBI agent Maggie O’Dell and Ryder Creed, an ex-marine turned K-9 rescue dog trainer.
- Paula Munier, A Borrowing of Bones. For readers who delight in discovering a debut author and then following that author’s career, here’s a book for you.
From critically acclaimed, master thriller author Margaret Mizushima, comes the eighth installment of the award-winning Timber Creek K-9 mysteries. “Tense and satisfying,” (JA Jance) Standing Dead is the perfect read for fans of CJ Box and Longmire. Deputy Mattie Cobb and her sister, Julia, travel to Mexico to visit their mother, but when ...
Whoa. Better back up a bit. The Chet and Bernie mysteries steal the set-up devised by Conan Doyle, where the master detective’s sidekick tells the story in the first person. But there are differences. For one, Bernie, the detective, is no master, except in the eyes of Chet. Second, Chet, the sidekick, is not a physician. He’s not even human.
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Nov 8, 2023 · In the landscape of mystery fiction, the presence of crime-solving animals adds a layer of whimsy and wisdom to the genre. Their tales are a testimony to the enduring appeal of the detective story, a genre that allows for innovation within its boundaries, creating a space where even a purring cat or a barking dog can lead us to a revelation.
