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The Finders<\/strong> Paw of the Jungle<\/strong> Bite Club<\/strong> The K Team<\/strong> Tell us about YOUR favorite dog books! Email us at dogstermag@belvoir.com<\/em><\/p>\n Top photograph: wundervisuals\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The post 4 Books to Read This Summer<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n The post 4 Books to Read This Summer<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n The Finders<\/strong> Paw of the Jungle<\/strong> Bite Club<\/strong> The K Team<\/strong> Tell us about YOUR favorite dog books! Email us at dogstermag@belvoir.com<\/em><\/p>\n Top photograph: wundervisuals\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The post 4 Books to Read This Summer<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBeing a big fan of mysteries and dogs, I happily dug into author Jeffrey B. Burton’s new series, starting with The Finders<\/em>. Mason \u201cMace\u201d Reid is a dog lover\u2019s protagonist \u2014 a dog trainer who also trains human remains detection. It all starts when he takes in Golden Retriever Vira from Chicago Animal Care and Control \u2014 a puppy with her own challenging beginnings \u2014 who has a sniff gift and brings her home to his furry family \u2014 German Shepherd Sue ( a boy named \u2026) and Collies Delta Dawn and Maggie May. On Vira\u2019s first case, nothing goes as expected and puts a serial killer\u2019s sights right on Mace and Vira. With a cast of likeable characters, wonder dog Vira and Mace \u2014 who is more comfortable with dogs than people \u2014 I enjoyed every minute of this serious thriller interspersed with humor. It\u2019s got dogs, the fascinating world of scent detection and a mystery with lots of twists and turns. What more could a dog lover want? Can\u2019t wait for book two in the Mace Reid K-9 Mystery series. Published by Minotaur Books.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"books](\"http:\/\/www.dogster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PAW-OF-THE-JUNGLE.png\")
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\nThe latest book in Diane Kelly\u2019s Paw Enforcement series finds police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner, Brigit, solving their latest Lone Star mystery. What starts as a fun field trip to the Fort Worth Zoo turns serious when a pair of rare hyacinth macaws goes missing. Is the new custodian (who also happens to be an ex-convict) to blame or is there something more sinister going on? There\u2019s a long list of people on the premises who might have stolen the birds, who are worth thousands of dollars, and other animals have started disappearing. But when a rare black rhino is taken (possibly for its black-market-friendly horn), there\u2019s no time to waste to find out who\u2019s behind the mystery. Published by St. Martin\u2019s Paperbacks.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"books](\"http:\/\/www.dogster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BITE-CLUB-by-Laurien-Berenson.png\")
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\nDog show maven Melanie Travis has formed a new crime fiction book club in the 23rd installment of Laurien Berenson\u2019s mystery series. The aptly named Bite Club reading group has book lovers all over town reading thrilling murder mysteries. But another project emerges when Melanie reluctantly agrees to train a Bulldog puppy for member Evan Major, an introverted and elusive man who just can\u2019t seem to dodge trouble. It sends him to an early grave and lands Melanie in the hot seat for homicide when she\u2019s caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. To prove her innocence, Melanie delves into Evan\u2019s past, uncovering a scandal that cost Evan his marriage \u2014 and maybe his life. She gathers her pack of suspects at the next Bite Club meeting but doesn\u2019t realize that another member has been hiding explosive secrets that could pit Melanie against an unpredictable killer. Published by Kensington Books.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"books](\"http:\/\/www.dogster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/K-Team.png\")
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\nBestselling mystery author David Rosenfelt gives fans a new series \u2014 a spinoff of his beloved Andy Carpenter mystery series, which focuses on his wife, Laurie. Before she married Andy, Laurie built a reputation as a smart and tenacious cop. Now she helps on Andy\u2019s cases while also raising their son, but she\u2019s been anxious to get back into investigating on her own. So when former policeman Corey Douglas and his German Shepherd, Simon Garfunkel, approach her with a proposal, she jumps at the chance. A local judge is the target of what appears to be a long-running blackmail scheme, but the blackmailer\u2019s demands aren\u2019t obvious, and the judge\u2019s upcoming cases aren\u2019t the types of things that would invite extortion. Laurie, Corey and Simon G. have to figure out the scheme before things turn deady. Published by Minotaur Books.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nBeing a big fan of mysteries and dogs, I happily dug into author Jeffrey B. Burton’s new series, starting with The Finders<\/em>. Mason \u201cMace\u201d Reid is a dog lover\u2019s protagonist \u2014 a dog trainer who also trains human remains detection. It all starts when he takes in Golden Retriever Vira from Chicago Animal Care and Control \u2014 a puppy with her own challenging beginnings \u2014 who has a sniff gift and brings her home to his furry family \u2014 German Shepherd Sue ( a boy named \u2026) and Collies Delta Dawn and Maggie May. On Vira\u2019s first case, nothing goes as expected and puts a serial killer\u2019s sights right on Mace and Vira. With a cast of likeable characters, wonder dog Vira and Mace \u2014 who is more comfortable with dogs than people \u2014 I enjoyed every minute of this serious thriller interspersed with humor. It\u2019s got dogs, the fascinating world of scent detection and a mystery with lots of twists and turns. What more could a dog lover want? Can\u2019t wait for book two in the Mace Reid K-9 Mystery series. Published by Minotaur Books.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nThe latest book in Diane Kelly\u2019s Paw Enforcement series finds police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner, Brigit, solving their latest Lone Star mystery. What starts as a fun field trip to the Fort Worth Zoo turns serious when a pair of rare hyacinth macaws goes missing. Is the new custodian (who also happens to be an ex-convict) to blame or is there something more sinister going on? There\u2019s a long list of people on the premises who might have stolen the birds, who are worth thousands of dollars, and other animals have started disappearing. But when a rare black rhino is taken (possibly for its black-market-friendly horn), there\u2019s no time to waste to find out who\u2019s behind the mystery. Published by St. Martin\u2019s Paperbacks.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nDog show maven Melanie Travis has formed a new crime fiction book club in the 23rd installment of Laurien Berenson\u2019s mystery series. The aptly named Bite Club reading group has book lovers all over town reading thrilling murder mysteries. But another project emerges when Melanie reluctantly agrees to train a Bulldog puppy for member Evan Major, an introverted and elusive man who just can\u2019t seem to dodge trouble. It sends him to an early grave and lands Melanie in the hot seat for homicide when she\u2019s caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. To prove her innocence, Melanie delves into Evan\u2019s past, uncovering a scandal that cost Evan his marriage \u2014 and maybe his life. She gathers her pack of suspects at the next Bite Club meeting but doesn\u2019t realize that another member has been hiding explosive secrets that could pit Melanie against an unpredictable killer. Published by Kensington Books.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nBestselling mystery author David Rosenfelt gives fans a new series \u2014 a spinoff of his beloved Andy Carpenter mystery series, which focuses on his wife, Laurie. Before she married Andy, Laurie built a reputation as a smart and tenacious cop. Now she helps on Andy\u2019s cases while also raising their son, but she\u2019s been anxious to get back into investigating on her own. So when former policeman Corey Douglas and his German Shepherd, Simon Garfunkel, approach her with a proposal, she jumps at the chance. A local judge is the target of what appears to be a long-running blackmail scheme, but the blackmailer\u2019s demands aren\u2019t obvious, and the judge\u2019s upcoming cases aren\u2019t the types of things that would invite extortion. Laurie, Corey and Simon G. have to figure out the scheme before things turn deady. Published by Minotaur Books.<\/em><\/p>\n