Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble
closeMurder, She Wrote meets The Golden Girls in the second Senior Sleuths Mystery!
When a typically closed-off Peg attempts online dating at Rose’s strong urging, the experience plays out like an embarrassing mistake. At least, until she matches with Nolan Abercrombie—intelligent, attractive, and a self-proclaimed dog lover. The two share an instant connection that has Peg cautiously excited to finally bring someone special into her busy world of Standard Poodles and conformation shows...
Peg and Rose Solve a Murder
closeIn the world of award-winning author Laurien Berenson’s Melanie Travis Canine Mysteries, Peg Turnbull and Rose Donovan, Melanie’s chalk-and-cheese aunts, are especially beloved by readers. Now feisty Peg and sweet-natured Rose are putting their distinct differences to good use and joining forces as senior sleuths in a witty, warmhearted new mystery series . . .
Killer Cupid
closeMelanie Travis is taking a much-needed break from the dog show circuit for a romantic Valentine’s trip with her husband Sam, but when someone at their cozy Berkshires inn has an unexpected date with death, Melanie must slip into something sleuthier for the weekend . . .
Pup Fiction
closeTwenty-seventh in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Available in hardcover and ebook on June 2021
With a new litter of Standard Poodles on the way, it’s shaping up to be a vibrant July in Greenwich, Connecticut, for Melanie Travis. Too bad there’s a killer in town who would love to drain the life out of her summer...
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Twenty-first in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Available in hardcover and ebookComing in Paperback 9/25/18
“Melanie Travis needs a little peace from her busy life this Christmas. But the usual holiday hubbub is a joy compared to the killer surprise she finds tucked underneath the tree… With a demanding teaching job at Connecticut’s elite Howard Academy and five Poodles scampering around the house and the storage units from self-storage companies, Melanie barely has the energy for the upcoming Christmas… Read more »
Twentieth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Available in Paperback coming May 29, 2018
Frolicking with dogs is Melanie Travis’s idea of heaven. So when she’s invited to be a “puppy wrangler” at a benefit for a local dog rescue the last thing she expects is to be chasing after a tricky killer…
As a busy mom and Standard Poodle owner, Melanie has little time to spare. Still, she doesn’t mind helping out at Puppy Fest, an annual fundraiser to benefit the… Read more »
Seventh in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Summer means two things to Melanie Travis: a break from her teaching duties at Connecticut’s elite Howard Academy and a chance to plane the perfect wedding to her fiancé, Sam. She certainly doesn’t need the unwelcome arrival of a dinner invitation “peace offering” from Sam’s ex-wife, Sheila Vaughn.
Nineteenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
When her Aunt Peg lands a gig as judge at a Kentucky dog show, Melanie Travis welcomes the opportunity for a road trip. Too bad a killer has planned a deadly detour…
Eighteenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Melanie Travis has her hands full with her two young sons, a part-time job, and a half dozen Poodles to her name. But even with the busy holiday season approaching, she still has time to sniff out a Christmastime killer…
Thirteenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
When she receives the letter from the Champions Dog Food Company informing her that Faith has been selected as a finalist in the “All Dogs Are Champions” contest, Melanie is mystifyed–until she discovers that it was Davey who entered Faith in the contest. Since he also signed the entry form that legally prohibits contestants from withdrawing, Melanie and Faith swallow their pride, tweak their topknots, and enter the ring.
The prequel (short story) to the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Ever wonder what Melanie and Aunt Peg were up to before solving murders? Let’s step back in time, when college-aged Melanie and her indomitable Aunt Peg were little more than strangers…
Seventeenth in the Melanie Travis series – Death of a Dog Whisperer!
Between her boisterous sons and a houseful of Poodles, there’s never a dull moment for Melanie Travis. But no matter how hectic life gets, she can always pick up the scent of a howling good mystery–and she’ll stop at nothing to dig up the truth…
Sixteenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
After a short break from crime solving, stay-at-home mom Melanie Travis has not become boring–no matter what her alarmingly opinionated Aunt Peg says. She still has the nose for sniffing up a good mystery, especially when it involves the life of a legendary dog breeder…
Fifteenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series
“Pine Ridge Canine Care Center: a place where pampered pooches go to kick back, get primped, and watch a little TV in luxurious accommodations. To Melanie Travis it all seems a bit much–and a most unlikely setting for murder. But when the day care center’s co-owner turns up dead in his office, that’s just what she finds…
