“Gun Shy” by Donna Ball

Book Review #116
A Raine Stockton Dog Mystery

Raine Stockton is a rescue dog trainer, boards dogs in her kennel, along with her dog, Cisco, does search and rescue for the Parks Dept. and is the niece of the sheriff where she lives in the foot hills of the Smokey Mountains.

Raine has been called in to retrieve a barking dog. The instant that she arrives at the vacation cabin by the lake, she knows it’s going to be bad. For a start, the sheriff’s deputies and the sheriff, her Uncle Roe, are all gathered outside. From inside, she can hear the hoarse, desperate barking of a dog. The neighbor across the lake stood the barking for days before finally reporting it. Inside the cabin with the dog is the body of a woman.

Getting the dog out of the cabin is only the beginning. What looks like an unfathomable suicide quickly starts to look more suspicious as the woman’s identity and background come to light. Michelle White, was supposedly unable to use the right side of her body. But, if that’s the case, why was the gun that killed her found in her right hand? Where is her car, her husband, her wheelchair? And… why would someone come to the Smoky Mountains on vacation in order to commit suicide? The lack of even basic food, human or canine, in the cabin is curious, too. At the moment, only the dog, named Hero by Raine, knows what really happened. And Raine is determined to find out the truth.

Plus you are going to learn all about Hero's training, Ringo, the dancing dog and Raine's love life!

This is the third in the Raine Stockton Dog Mystery series, following “RAPID FIRE”. Newcomers will find it very easy to jump in here. The best news is that, so far, the author has managed to surpass herself with each new installment. (Paper Back…230 pages)

I love this series of books.