The Bark Before Christmas
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In this "enjoyable" holiday mystery by an Agatha Award finalist, a sleuth looks into a posh private school, a prize show dog, and a slain Santa (Publishers Weekly).
There's nothing lovelier than Christmas in Connecticut, but Melanie Travis can scarcely find a moment to enjoy the festivities. With her youngest son approaching toddlerhood, she's decided to return to her old job at Howard Academy, a posh private school attended by the children of Greenwich's 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 school's Christmas Bazaar.
The Christmas Bazaar is Howard Academy's 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 dog's owner is one of the school's 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...
"Cozy mystery fans and dog lovers will lap this one up."—Library Journal
"Laurien Berenson is a rare breed of writer."—The Plain Dealer
There's nothing lovelier than Christmas in Connecticut, but Melanie Travis can scarcely find a moment to enjoy the festivities. With her youngest son approaching toddlerhood, she's decided to return to her old job at Howard Academy, a posh private school attended by the children of Greenwich's 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 school's Christmas Bazaar.
The Christmas Bazaar is Howard Academy's 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 dog's owner is one of the school's 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...
"Cozy mystery fans and dog lovers will lap this one up."—Library Journal
"Laurien Berenson is a rare breed of writer."—The Plain Dealer
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Street Date:
09/29/2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780758284600
ASIN:
B00RRT30B8
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Laurien Berenson. (2015). The Bark Before Christmas. Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Laurien Berenson. 2015. The Bark Before Christmas. Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Laurien Berenson, The Bark Before Christmas. Kensington Books, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Laurien Berenson. The Bark Before Christmas. Kensington Books, 2015.
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