Fourteenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Melanie Travis thought her visit to a rustic Pocono Mountains resort would offer some well-earned relaxation even though it meant leaving her family and her beloved Poodle Faith behind. That was before she discovered the corpse in the inn’s secluded hot tub. Now, she’s sniffing out the trail of a killer as frightened guests and the police howl for swift justice.

Twelfth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Melanie’s house was never meant to hold two adults, one active eight-year-old boy and five Standard Poodles. Moving into a bigger place is right at the top of her to-do list…along with adjusting to married life, tutoring her challenging students and keeping a watchful eye on their beautiful new neighbor, whose absent husband is nearly as worrisome as her seven wandering cats.

Eleventh in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Between teaching, mothering, and prepping her Poodle for the next show, Melanie Travis barely has time to pencil in some Christmas festivities. Especially since she finds herself making a list of suspects–and checking it twice–when murder comes home for the holidays…

Tenth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Murder’s on the ticket when intrepid Poodle breeder Melanie Travis travels to Maryland for a world famous dog show where the competition isn’t the only thing that’s cutthroat…

Ninth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

“When it comes to Melanie’s love life, feast or famine is apparently the order of the day. First, there’s ex-husband, Bob, who having been bumped to purely platonic status, seems intent on over compensating by presenting their son Davey with a pony. Then there’s former fiance Sam. He’s finally “found” himself, and in the process has discovered that he wants Melanie back. The question is, does she still want him?

Eighth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

With her former fiancé off finding himself and their wedding plans kaput, Melanie Travis figures the only ring she’ll be seeing in the near future is one where she’s showing her prized poodles. But at least somebody still believes in happily ever after: her brother Frank is about to tie the knot with his true love, Bertie Kennedy.

Sixth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

HUSH PUPPY Delicious wit, tantalizing suspense, and an engaging cast of characters have made Laurien Berenson’s mysteries, from A PEDIGREE TO DIE FOR to WATCHDOG, enormously popular. Now in HUSH PUPPY, Berenson turns up the suspense and raises the stakes to create her most intriguing novel ever as suburban sleuth and Poodle owner

Fifth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

It’s autumn in Connecticut. Melanie Travis has just started a new job, and with the added excitement of showing her standard poodle, Faith, in the fall shows, the last thing she wants is to become embroiled in yet another of her brother Frank’s moneymaking schemes. His current brainstorm — remaking an old store in stylish suburban Fairfield County into a trendy coffee bar — already has the neighbors snarling. Worse, wealthy Marcus Rattigan, who’s bankrolling the project, is found murdered on the premises, and the police think Frank did it.

Fourth in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

The dog days of summer have just begun, and Melanie Travis is looking forward to savoring each lazy afternoon. School’s out, her son’s at camp, even her rambunctious Standard Poodle is taking a break from the show ring. And where better to enjoy herself than at her Aunt Peg’s Fourth of July barbecue attended by members of Connecticut’s most elite kennel clubs? It sounds ideal, until an uninvited guest proves that even the laziest dog day of the year can suddenly turn vicious…

Third in the Melanie Travis Mystery Series

Melanie Travis — teacher, single parent, and proud owner of Faith, a rambunctious Standard Poodle pup — just can’t escape teh chic show circuits of Fairfield County dog fanciers. Now, Laurien Berenson sends her irrepressible heroine on a third irresistible outing into the inner circles of an elite Connecticut kennel club, where shocking secrets gnaw at the best of the breed and competition has a sharp — and deadly — bite.