Susan] Conant might be the dog lovers answer to Lilian Jackson Braun s The Cat Who series. Rocky Mountain News
Canine-loving detective Holly Winter is a columnist for Dog s Life magazine. She thinks a week at Waggin Tail, a camp for canines in the scenic Maine woods, will be a vacation in pet heaven. So does Rowdy, her champion malamute especially when there are pooches galore: mixed breeds, Pekes, cairn terriers, Labradors, shelties, and a gorgeous mastiff pup. But upon Holly s arrival at the camp, things swiftly go to the dogs. Instead of the advertised gourmet food, there s olive loaf and soggy pudding. The human campers are given to nasty back-stabbing. And Holly receives a black-edged card consoling her for the loss of her dog. Is this someone s sick idea of a joke?
Suddenly Waggin Tail seems like the summer camp from hell. Then a dog owner turns up dead in a freak accident. The probable cause? The victim s own dog Holly suspects a four-footed frame-up and with Rowdy sets out to find the real culprit. She s on the scent and closing fast which makes her the perfect target for a killer whose bite is definitely worse than his bark."