This is the first in the Melanie Travis mystery series, published first in 2004. Melanie is a teacher, and single mother to her young son, Davey. Her summer starts off pretty badly--her summer job falls through, her boyfriend has left her, and her Uncle Max has a heart attack and dies. Then her Aunt Peg (Max's widow) calls her because one of their expensive pedigreed poodles is stolen.
Aunt Peg convinces Melanie to investigate by going undercover at dog shows. Melanie, and the reader, finds out that there is a lot more to showing dogs than just showing up, a quick brush, and a walk around the arena.
The mystery was okay, and the story was okay. Maybe a little too much information about raising dogs and dog shows.
If I come across any other books in the series, I'll probably give them a try. I would imagine that there won't be so much dog show information as in the first book in the series, where it is being introduced. I hope.
Bought June 7, 2014, finished Mar. 17, 2015.
This is #24 of 48 in my 2015 Mt. TBR reading challenge.
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