It's Autumn in Connecticut. Melanie Travis has just started a new job, and with the added excitement of showing her Standard Poodle, Faith, in the fall shows, the last thing she wants is to become embroiled in yet ather of her brother Frank's moneymaking schemes. His current brainstorm - remaking an old store in stylish suburban Fairfield County into a trendy coffee bar - already has the neighbours snarling. Worse, wealthy Marcus Rattigan, who's bankrolling the project, is found murdered on the premises, and the police think Frank did it. Always the family watchdog, and faced with Frank's imminent arrest, Melanie has choice but to take on the investigation. Drawing on her connections in the dog world, Melanie is soon successfully unmuzzling the dead man's nearest and dearest, including a bitter ex-wife, a spurned mistress, and an ambitious second in command. But Melanie is about to learn that being a watchdog can sometimes be dangerous - especially when It's autumn in Connecticut. Melanie Travis has just started a new job, and with the added excitement of showing every clue she uncovers leads her one step closer to a murderer who is desperate eugh to kill again...
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
ISBN-10
0758213441
ISBN-13
9780758213440
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108107263
Product Key Features
Author
Laurien Berenson
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
New York
Series Title
Melanie Travis Mystery
Author Biography
Laurien Berenson is an Agatha and Macavity nominee, winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award and a four-time winner of the Maxwell Award, presented by the Dog. Writers Association of America.