Doggone bones

Doggone bones

Carolyn Haines

Book - 2025

"The next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as "Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. After a dog belonging to local pet activist Tilly Lawson is snatched right out of her backyard in Sunflower County, MS, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency are up to their ears in concerned pet owners. Could Tilly's work liberating abused animals have come back to bite her, or was this a random act of dognapping? Delaney Detective Agency has their work cut out for them, especially as a troublesome online pet detective agency tries nosing their way into the investigation. But as Sarah Booth and Tinkie start to sink their teeth into the my...stery, they discover there's much more at play than they thought: neighborhood rivalries, questionable dog breeders, and an illegal dogfighting operation. As their digging churns up dangerous attention-and with their own beloved dogs, Sweetie Pie and Chablis, possibly next in line to be dognapped-Sarah Booth and Tinkie are in a race against time to track down the thieves and return the missing pets home"--

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Delaney, Sarah Booth > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women private investigators > Mississippi > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Femmes détectives > Mississippi > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Meurtre > Enquêtes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Novels
Romans
Published
New York : Minotaur Books 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Carolyn Haines (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
pages cm
ISBN
9781250377654
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Animal-loving Mississippi detective duo Sarah Booth Delaney and Tinkie Bellcase Richmond embark on a mission to catch canine kidnappers. Their adventure starts when Sarah gets a warning from her family's ghost about pet safety. Soon thereafter, psychic Tammy Odom shows up and asks for help finding Jezebel. The adorable dog has been taken from a locked yard and her owner, Tilly Lawson, is heartbroken, but Nixville police Chief Bill Garwool won't help. The state's meager animal protection laws don't help much, either. So, Sarah and Tinkie team up to find Jezebel with assistance from Dawson Reed, the leader of a local pet detective group. Because Tilly has enemies, Reed suggests looking into a legal dog swap, a gross flea market where many animals end up as bait dogs. At length, the investigation leads to the house of Rutherford Mace, a retired wrestler rumored to be involved in the drug trade. The sleuths leave with some info and with Avalon, an abused pit bull--hound mix, whom they rescue with help from Mace's associate Zotto. Sarah's romantic partner, the sheriff of Sunflower County, hates animal abusers and does his best to pitch in. When another dog disappears, the detectives follow every lead. The second missing pooch belongs to Squatty Adams, an animal hater who nevertheless loves Cupcake and is desperate to find her. Things are made even crazier by indications that the sheriff and the mayor of Nixville may be involved in a criminal enterprise. And guess who shows up again? Sarah's old enemy, who's now a threat to her life. Pet lovers will root for the detectives as they fight for animal rights while solving a series of human crimes. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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