The House on Bloodhound Lane

The House on Bloodhound Lane by Lanier, Virginia. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780061010880.

Somewhere deep beneath the earth in the woods of Southeast Georgia, a man is buried. Alive. With food and water, and the terrible knowledge of who it was that did this to him. Praying for rescue but accepting death, he waits... Jo Beth Sidden is preparing for the first seminar at the facility where she breeds bloodhounds and teaches them to track. Nervous over the expansion of her business, she begins to regret the resolutions she made for her thirtieth birthday. Giving up smoking may be a good idea in theory, but with six law enforcement officers arriving shortly for a week-long course on using the bloodhounds Jo Beth has trained for them, a familiar vice would surely be soothing. Despite living through the morning from hell, Jo Beth wont let herself panic - until she learns that her ex-husband is out on parole. He has already attacked her twice, and Jo Beth knows its just a matter of time before round three begins. And theres one more thing keeping her up nights - a high-profile kidnapping that was hushed up for so long that the trail might now be too cold, even for her expert hounds. Fearing the worst, but knowing shes the best, Jo Beth is drawn into the rescue attempt of her career. Her only hope lies with the best friend any woman could have: a droopy-eared, drooling, one-year-old, bind-from-birth bloodhound, the only creature on this earth smart enough to save her life and the day.