In Partnership with Kensington Books
By Mary Feliz, writer of Cliff Hanger: A Maggie McDonald Thriller
Whether or not you’re kicking again within the shade with a e-book and a frosty class of iced tea or ready out a warmth wave by having fun with the A/C, there are occasions when solely a canine e-book will do. Fortunately, there are a myriad of authors who love canines as a lot as all of us do.
Whereas this record solely scrapes the floor, listed below are just a few of my favorites:
Fiction
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
A part of an ongoing collection that includes lawyer/detective Andy Carpenter, his golden retriever, and an ever-changing parade of different canines. Rosenfelt guarantees the golden, Tara, won’t ever die.
Killing Path by Margaret Mizushima
Guide one of many Timber Creek Okay-9 Thriller Sequence introduces Colorado police officer Mattie Cobb and her Okay-9 associate Robo and offers an in-depth take a look at the complexities of the human-canine crew.
A View to Die For by Richard Houston
Guide one within the collection combines the story of an peculiar man with that of a unprecedented canine as Jacob Martin and his golden retriever journey from Colorado to the Ozarks to resolve a homicide that has landed Jake’s sister in a jail cell.
Canine on It by Spencer Quinn
A human/canine detective duo with a twist. The narrator is Chet, personal investigator Bernie Little’s mixed-breed associate. Chet flunked out of Okay-9 faculty, which he blames on the distractions posed by a number of cats. In his various profession, he delivers his first-person (first-dog?) account with biting wit. A New York Occasions best-selling collection.
The White Shepherd by Annie Dalton
Followers of British tv mysteries couldn’t be faulted had been they to concern early morning walks with their canines, who all the time appear to be sniffing out murdered corpses. However the human/canine pairs then vanish, by no means to be heard from once more. Annie Dalton’s Oxford Canine Walker’s collection focuses on white German Shepherd Bonnie who discovers a physique within the undergrowth. Bonnie and her particular person, Anna Hopkins, crew up with fellow dogwalkers to observe up their discovery set the police’s wayward investigation straight.
Burning Man by Alan Russell
One other first-in-series providing, Burning Man introduces Los Angeles cop Michael Gideon and his associate Sirius. Whereas this e-book is grittier than the others, and consists of grisly flashbacks of the episode during which Gideon suffered life-threatening and life-changing burns, the shut relationship creating between Sirius and his particular person make the e-book price studying. Whereas belief points bother them, their survival depends upon their capability to beat them.
Deal with to Die For by Mary Feliz
That includes a golden retriever, Belle, Deal with to Die For is the primary e-book in my Maggie McDonald Thriller collection. Although the collection focuses on skilled organizer Maggie McDonald and her efforts to convey order to chaos for her purchasers, her California city, and life along with her household, the books additionally embrace a big selection of canine pals.
Non-Fiction
A Good Man with a Canine by Kate Flora and Roger Guay
Flora and Guay weave a fancy story revealing the real-life experiences of a recreation backyard and his Okay-9 companions. From monitoring hostile poachers to looking for victims of violent crimes their work is backdropped by the distant and chilling fantastic thing about Maine’s distant woodlands.
Dogtripping by David Rosenfelt
The true and infrequently hilarious story of writer Rosenfelt’s real-life journey in transferring his household from Southern California to Maine. The problem? His household consists of twenty-five rescue canines. An NPR Finest Guide of 2013.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mary Feliz writes the Maggie McDonald Sequence of cozy mysteries that includes an expert organizer turned beginner detective and her sidekick golden retriever in California’s San Francisco Bay Space. Cliff Hanger, the fifth e-book within the collection, releases July 16 from Kensington Publishing. Deal with to Die For, the primary installment within the collection, was named a Finest Guide of 2017 by Kirkus Opinions. A resident of Northern California for many years, she now lives on Monterey Bay, having fun with the realm’s myriad pure treasures. She attends organizing conferences in her character’s stead, however Maggie’s expertise go away her within the mud. Go to Mary Feliz at www.MaryFeliz.com.
