- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Crimeline; Reprint edition (Dec 1 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553298860
- ISBN-13: 978-0553298864
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 1.3 x 17.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 132 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,304,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Conant ( Gone to the Dogs ) turns crusader in her energetic sixth dog-lover's mystery. Dog expert Holly Winter, the winsome narrator, can't resist passing along advice to dog lovers, whether on choosing an appropriate breed or on purchasing L. L. Bean Wellingtons ("the world's only genuinely waterproof boots . . . the best two-footed friend a dog walker ever had"). This missionary spirit is quickly kindled when a fellow dog lover tells her that a local pet shop is selling a malamute that appears to have been obtained from a puppy mill. Through Holly, Conant decries the cruel and inhumane treatment dogs receive at such breeding factories and urges readers to boycott retailers that do business with them. To Holly, animal abuse is tantamount to a capital offense, so she wastes no time mourning when the pet-shop owner is murdered, but she investigates the crime for the sake of the affected animals. Mafia bosses, animal rights activists, apparently reputable breeders and still more puppy mills figure in her detection. Suspense is tighter here than in many previous Conant mysteries, and her polemics add a welcome bite. Paws up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
Normally Holly winter wouldn't be caught dead in a place like Puppy Luv -- a mall pet shop that's no doubt an outlet for the puppy mill industry and a hotbed of forged papers, broken promises and mistreated animals. But a hot tip on a malamute pup suddenly has Holly charging to the rescue and panting to put the owner out of business. Trouble is, she's not the only one who has a bone to pick with Diane Sweet. in a matter of hours the puupy love proprietess is gruesomely murdered.
When Holly links the killing with the disappearance of another malamute -- an adorable live wire named Missy -- she digs up startling evidence that soon leads her into the fiercely competitive and deadly underworld of dog breeding. A place where her biggest fears are realized. And where her animal instincts are all that can save her.
When Holly links the killing with the disappearance of another malamute -- an adorable live wire named Missy -- she digs up startling evidence that soon leads her into the fiercely competitive and deadly underworld of dog breeding. A place where her biggest fears are realized. And where her animal instincts are all that can save her.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Susan Conant's best,
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This review is from: Bloodlines (Paperback)
Holly Winter is obsessed with dogs. In this novel, she is on a cursade to stop a puppy mill dealing in her favorite breed. If you like dogs, you'll love this book. It will also give you a new perspective on professional dog breeders whose greed often causes endless suffering for the dogs they exploit.
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A Keeper,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bloodlines (Paperback)
A friend introduced me to this series of books and I love them. If you're into dogs, showing and obedience, these are the books for you. The characters are well developed, the plots well laid out and the suspense continues until the end. I've never been 100% convinced that I know "who dunnit" until the end - another aspect I really appreciate when it comes to mysteries. Well worth the read - and the money...
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book I've read from Susan Conant,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bloodlines (Paperback)
I started on the Susan Conant books because I was checking the liberary for some malamute books, but this time, other than the ordinary books I've read thousands of times, I found a different book! And a mystery too! I'd never read the series, let alone heard of them, I started reading this book, never reading the previous ones.Although the previous books had information on the characters from reading a later book, the characters were well developed from the start, not always refering to a book before. Reading this book first, it spoiled me. I finished this book thinking, man there's gotta be another one or I'll blow up this is soooo good. I came onto Amazon and found there was a series, I imediately bought the first 4. Like I said, Bloodlines spoiled me, I expected somthing and great and breathtaking as this book, but there is none. In the first books I found myself scanning over chapters not even suffering from not getting the information. None so far have lived up to the greatness of Bloodlines. Another thing that struck me was that Holly was actually getting physical with getting info for her column in this book, usually she would call around or walk around getting info, but this time she snuck around the mills and the pet stores with suspense of getting caught. This book has the real truth about puppy mills, and after reading this book I have done many research and helping to close down Pupppy mills Also this book had lots on the malamute my all time favorite animal in the world, Holly was working on rescue. I will keep on reading the books waiting for one that can match this one.
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