Deadly Dog Days

November 1, 2016

Cameron Cripps-Hayman got dragged to Metamora, IN, when she married Ben Hayman. She never quite found her way, and after four years, Cam and Ben are separated and she is trying to figure out how to move forward. Her resentful mother-in-law is Cam's biggest problem until she discovers the body of a young woman in the town's canal; it turns out that the victim, identified as Jenn Berg, had been seen with Ben, and soon Cam becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Determined to exonerate herself, Cam teams up with a group of local eccentrics, including the town drunk, an elderly kleptomaniac, two high school students, a local handyman, her sister, and Ben's daughter, Mia. And then Cam decides to adopt Jenn's five ill-behaved dogs to add to the mayhem in her beautiful old house. VERDICT YA and romance author Blair (Leap of Faith; Lost to Me) launches her canine-themed series with this laugh-out-loud funny cozy. Cam is an admirable heroine who just wants to figure out her life. Dorothy Cannell and Donna Andrews fans rejoice!

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