Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund: The Second Dixie Hemingway Mystery (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries Book 2)

Praise for Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter "A knock-out read. Clement offers vivid characters, a super plot, and a sense of place so real you can almost feel the sand between your toes. For anyone who loves mysteries, animals, or just plain great writing, this is a book to savor." —-Laurien Berenson, author of Chow Down "A new star in the 'mysteries with animals' firmament . . . May there be many more installments." —- The Kingston Observer "A keeper, with its plucky protagonist, cats galore, and a nice sense of place . . . Look forward to the next in this smart series." —- Library Journal "Eminently likeable and believable . . . a true whodunit. Mystery fans are in for a treat." —- Richmond Times-Dispatch "An appealing heroine . . . the difficulties and humor inherent to the pet-sitting business, a local law-enforcement hunk with romantic potential, and crisp writing all bode well for future entries in the series." —- Publishers Weekly "First rate." —- Booklist "Impressive . . . a sure keeper." —- MysteryLovers.com Publishers Weekly A former sheriff's deputy in Sarasota, Fla., Dixie Hemingway now earns a living as a pet sitter, a career that once again turns perilous when her charge, a dachshund, digs up a dead body at the start of Clement's fast-paced sophomore effort (after 2005's Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter ). Dixie identifies the victim as Conrad Ferrelli, whose Doberman pinscher she once walked. A wealthy, eccentric son of a famous Ringling Brothers clown, Conrad and his wife, Stevie, were funding the creation of a retirement home for circus performers. But his brother, Denton, a vicious creep with mob connections, possesses no such charitable impulse. Clement builds suspense and delivers startling revelations as both Stevie and Dixie find themselves targets of Denton's resentment. ( Mar. ) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Everybody who loves dachshunds knows about their adventurous streak. So when Mame, the elderly dachshund in Dixie Hemingway's care, gets away from her to investigate a mound of mulch, Dixie isn't surprised. What the dachshund digs up, however, is not only a surprise but a trigger for a whole new pile of jolting events that puts Dixie at the center of a hunt for a psychopathic killer—someone who fears Dixie saw him leaving the scene of a brutal murder. In the lovely seaside community of Sarasota, Florida, another desperate chase to collar a criminal is about to begin...

"As sheriff's-deputy-turned-pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway and an adorable dachshund named Mame are out for a morning walk, a car speeds by and Dixie waves to the driver. Later, after the dachshund discovers a dead body, Dixie realized that she has waved to a killer. And since the killer mistakenly believes that Dixie can identify him (or her), the chase is on."--back cover. Waving to the driver of a car that speeds by during her morning run with her dachshund Mame, Dixie Hemingway suddenly realizes that she accidentally waved to a killer when she and Mame stumble upon a corpse