Labradored to Death: A Dog Lover's Cozy Mystery (Barkview Mysteries)

Cat-person Cat Hawl has pet-sat a dog or two in her time—it’s only neighborly when you live in dog-obsessed Barkview—but now she’s hit the big-league. Her current canine guest is a celebrity— the brilliant and beloved Champ, bat dog for a professional baseball team. Baseball is in full swing in Barkview, and journalist Cat has the enviable job of wrangling Champ’s ink pad for his paw-o-graphs, while keeping the pup-arazzi from getting too ruff. To her great delight, the star’s irresistible--- the best behaved, best trained, maybe most loveable pooch she’s ever met. Also maybe the smartest. You have to be smart to retrieve casually tossed bats while ignoring an entire stadium of fans chanting your illustrious name. But Champ’s never ruffled, never rattled— when the cheering begins, he just bobs his head regally to acknowledge his subjects. Considering the odd theft that’s just occurred in Barkview, it’s pretty safe to imagine this furry virtuoso is inwardly howling at the silliness of his human pals.