The Bark Before Christmas (A Melanie Travis Mystery)

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If you like dogs youll love Laurien Berensons Melanie Travis mysteries! Joanne Fluke New York Times bestselling author Theres nothing lovelier than Christmas in Connecticut but Melanie Travis can scarcely find a moment to enjoy the festivities. With her youngest son approaching toddlerhood shes decided to return to her old job at Howard Academy a posh private school attended by the children of Greenwichs well-heeled gentry. Balancing work motherhood and the hectic dog show circuit takes some fancy footwork especially when the headmaster taps her to be the chairman of the schools Christmas Bazaar. The Christmas Bazaar is Howard Academys biggest and most important fundraiser so Melanie feels the pressure to make it a huge success. But everything goes awry when a prize show dog goes missing and Santa turns up dead. The dogs owner is one of the schools most perfectly pedigreed alums and she enlists Melanie to help find the purloined pooch. But just as Melanie starts pawing at the truth she digs up a sleighful of sinister secrets that leaves everyone feeling less than merry . . . A whodunit sure to please dog-loving cozy readers. Publishers Weekly