Dog Thriller

A grim discovery in the woods of a small northern New Hampshire town uncovers a disturbing truth that might finally be what Chief of Police Sam Mason needs to put elusive drug dealer Lucas Thorne away for good. But for Sam’s second in command, Jody Harris, the discovery dredges up disturbing secrets from the past. Secrets that could damage her friendship with Sam.

When Special Agent in Charge, Max West, and his K-9 partner, Opal, look into a series of bombings in Northern California, horse trainer Katerina Garwood instantly seems suspicious. As the ex-fiancee of a man tied to the criminal Dupree family, Katerina may know more than she's letting on - especially since the infamous syndicate is targeting her. And Max isn't sure he can believe her when she says she knows nothing. Despite his reservations, though, he can't deny his attraction...or the impulse to protect her.

The whole town has turned up for the Winter Festival, and Cameron has even managed to get television coverage and an Olympian to host the inaugural games. But the local Native American Council isn't happy about the ski course set up on the earth mounds built by their ancestors and pickets the downhill skiing event. Just when Cameron thinks things couldn't get worse, a night of hot cocoa and an ice-carving competition turns deadly. Ice picks make good murder weapons, and the festival's Olympian host won't be going out for any more medal wins.

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Enjoy action-packed stories in the Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit series featuring K-9 crime-stoppers solving thrilling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Despite the sweltering summer, Maddie's problems keep snowballing. A freak accident sends her K-9 search and rescue team racing to locate the victim, but a gruesome discovery makes her question everything . . . and everyone around her. Her partner, Sheriff Oliver Desjardins, is keeping secrets. Her flirtatious veterinarian friend is spending a suspicious amount of time with an enticing widow. A loathsome new deputy threatens her. And Maddie must work with wild and extraordinary Vixen.

Graves of the Forgotten A Maggie and Bentley Mystery Where Old Lies Lead to New Danger In the quiet mountain town of Pine Ridge, secrets don’t stay buried forever. When K-9 handler Maggie Shaw and her therapy dog Bentley stumble upon a disturbed patch of earth at a controversial construction site, they uncover more than just signs of trespassing; they uncover bones. As Detective Noah Rodriguez launches an official investigation, the two long-time allies find themselves drawn into a decades-old mystery that threatens to unravel the town’s carefully guarded history. With Bentley’s ...

A Hollywood celebrity and her entourage bring mayhem and murder to Blairstown. P.I. Hannah and her super-sleuthing beagle Mazie sniff out the real killer? P.I. Hannah isn't exactly keen when she hears that her old high school nemesis turned actress is returning to Blairstown to film a documentary about her life. While most of the town is enamored with Jacklyn Waters, Hannah has seen her true colors. Jacklyn decides to host a party at Colin, Hannah’s boyfriend’s restaurant.

After a stretch in prison and a sojourn in an asylum, Victor Montgomery is on a mission. A well thought out, but poorly executed plot leaves him owing money to the wrong people. Desperation leads him on a journey to undertake the impossible. Watching his every move, his vindictive father-in-law foils his plans and sends him on a mission of deceit and murder.

Anna. A horror author who crashes funerals. Harper. A hunky, offbeat mortician. Megan. A barista who sees dead people. In Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Dearly Departed Book 1), Anna Calvert is a horror author who has a secret obsession with funerals. However, Anna thinks the paranormal world is pure fiction until she meets a psychic who sees dead people and a hunky funeral director who knows stranger things than she ever imagined. When Anna digs up something unexpected in her yard, she sets in motion a full-blown haunting that is a ghost’s cry for justice. With help from her friends, as she ...

The Kentuckiana Dog Show Cluster is not to be missed. Ellie Gates Wanamaker, a former standard poodle exhibitor and a member of a well-heeled Kentucky family, has been out of the dog show world for more than a decade, but when Melanie invites her to spectate at the Louisville Kennel Club dog show, she's eager to accompany her. Miss Ellie's presence at the expo center, however, provokes mixed reactions from exhibitors she hasn't seen in years, including some outright animosity. The following day Melanie learns that Miss Ellie has suffered a fatal accident while exercising her dogs.

Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops.

Three months after catastrophic events decimated the West Coast, Reed Walker, Chloe Cooper, and the Clark kids have found a fragile peace in their new home along the Mississippi River in Kentucky. The past still haunts them, but they’re starting to rebuild, to hope again. Then, without warning, the earth begins to tremble— and the nightmare begins anew… A new mega quake erupts in the heart of America, ripping through the New Madrid Seismic Zone with apocalyptic fury. Geologists can’t explain why this is happening even as the ground splits wide open. The central U.S. is plunged into ...

Melanie knew someone should have kept Barry Turk on a short leash. The star Poodle handler and lady killer had a habit of chicanery that bred contempt in the dog show circuit. But when Barry is shot dead in his own driveway, even Melanie is stunned at how unsporting the competition can get. Now, as Melanie digs for clues deep under Connecticut's well-groomed surface, she finds herself sniffing around in the killer's own backyard, and counts herself lucky to have the animal instincts to keep herself alive. .

For 16 years, Ben Shepard loyally served the Long Beach Police Department. Then he took a bullet to the head, and his life was shattered. No one expects much of anything from him anymore - except his father, an old man receding into a fog of his own. And except maybe his tenant, Grace, who's been a warm and friendly constant in his and his father's bleak lives. Until the day she vanishes. After an official investigation stalls, Ben moves forward on his own. But stepping into Grace's past - and all she was hiding - is a dangerous move for a man who can't trust his memories from one day to the next.

A missing pet. A gang of criminal pit bulls. Two cat detectives are ready to solve a mystery… Yoshi and Gatsby are two felines known as the Petectives. When they agree to help a pretty young cat find her missing brother, a routine pet investigation goes sour faster than a bowl of milk. To solve the mystery, the cat detectives must face down a gang of vicious criminal pit bulls and the neighborhood dog police. While Gatsby's up to his whiskers in danger and romance, Yoshi puts together the pieces of a puzzle that could rock their community. With enemies at every turn, can Yoshi and Gatsby ...

Lola Ramsay is a veteran trying to come to terms with hearing her dog talking. A new life in a sleepy British village seems like the perfect place to work it out. Sassy, the Frenchie, is winning over everyone with her amber eyes, cute smile, and grumbly groaning noises that only a Frenchie lover would understand. When a body at the local art class sees Lola's friend as the main suspect, then Sassy and Lola must uncover the mystery and find the real killer.

Once they found each other, nothing can tear them apart. But a terrifying killer is going to try. Krystal Pabin is a single-mother who’s had to do some nasty things to provide for her little girl. Jack Casey is a down-on-his-luck tow-truck driver with nothing but failed dreams. Rex is a basement dog that’s spent his whole life being kept away from human contact. Now, Rex is scheduled to be put down unless someone intervenes. Together, they will go on the run with three million dollars in stolen cash and try to avoid being caught by a lethal professional killer called El Trasgo. A modern...

✅ If Jack Reacher and Lisbeth Salander had a black/Thai love child, she would be SOPHIE. ✅ Domestic abuse survivor, brilliant hacker, chronic depressive, Sophie is a complicated woman ✅ Sophie’s superpower: everyone falls in love with her ✅Never, never gives up on a case. Never. Paradise hides a master thief. What if diamonds aren’t a girl’s best friend? A heist at a high-end auction house sends tech specialist Sophie on a new case hunting down a thief whose skills match her own. Even as she chases a cache of precious gems, events begun in a distant land threaten the fragile ...

Audrey Smart, 34, is a brilliant vet - yet fed up by her demanding clients who think they know more than her and who don’t care about their animals. Burnt-out with the endless hours, she wonders if the time has come for a new direction. And when her 15th year high school reunion (and her hopes for re-sparking on old flame) end in disaster, Audrey knows the time has come to make a change. When Audrey sees an ad for a $1 home in Sicily, it captivates her. The only catch is that the house requires renovation, something she knows little about.

A quaint English garden party comes with good friends, a talking French Bulldog, fabulous cocktails, and a cozy murder mystery. Lola Ramsay dreads the garden party. She loves everything about England but hates fuss. However, it seems that saving the vicar from a murder charge makes her a bit of a celebrity. All is going well until the village trouble causer, Lucinda Clinton-West, drops dead after drinking her cocktail. Was the Mai Tie a mix of murder? All eyes fall on Roy Patterdale. After all, he threatened her life when she made the council cut his precious hedges.