From Library Journal
Holly Winter, writer for Dog's Life magazine, spends most of her waking hours immersed in her subject, so dog aficionados and series fans take heed. Dog talk of all sorts abounds, from obedience training, shows, and breeds to temperament, grooming, and antics. Even a "hearing" dog appears as companion to a deaf female Episcopal priest. The possible wrongful death of a middle-aged dog lover in Cambridge, Massachusetts, definitely slips into the background because Holly alone seems suspicious. A wonderful romp for canine lovers and others.
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From Kirkus Reviews
What's the matter with Morris Lamb's house off Cambridge's Brattle Street? First, gay bookseller/caf‚keeper Morris himself died after a dinner of ill-chosen plants from his garden, and now Ruffly, the hearing dog assigned to Episcopal priest Stephanie Benson, who's renting the house from Morris' partner and lover Doug Winer, has begun to have inexplicable seizures. Fortunately, Stephanie's son Matthew is seeing the cousin of Dog's Life staffer Holly Winter, who's almost as interested in getting to the bottom of Morris' death as she is in the greater glory of Dog. Holly's canolatrous adventures (Gone to the Dogs, Bloodlines) have been pitched at all dog-lovers, but you really need to love dog shows, or at least show dogs, to appreciate their full bouquet. (Lilian Jackson Braun's Cat Who books don't include the addresses of real-life wholesale suppliers and support groups.) If you think the conflict between criminals and victims is reducible to the difference between dog fanciers and ``atheists'' who ``do not believe in dogs,'' you'd better go fetch this. --
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