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Under the Dog Star

Sandra Parshall

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English
Poisoned Pen Press
31 August 2012
When is the bark worse than the bite?

Something frightening is happening in the mountain community of Mason County, Virginia. Pets are vanishing mysteriously and ""Missing Dog"" posters cover the waiting room walls at Dr. Rachel Goddard's veterinary clinic. A pack of feral canines roams at night, attacking livestock in a desperate search for food.

Then prominent physician Gordon Hall is found dead in his yard, his throat ripped open. Sheriff's Department investigator Tom Bridger believes the killing was premeditated murder using a trained attack dog as the weapon. He also suspects it is connected to the resurgence of an old problem- illegal dog fighting. But Dr. Hall's son insists the feral pack killed his father, and he organizes a group of men to find and shoot the animals.

Rachel and her friend Holly Turner make enemies by trying to rescue the dogs and move them to the sanctuary Holly has created. Tom, in love with Rachel and worried about her safety, must divide his time between the escalating controversy, shutting down the dog-fighting operation (if he can locate it), and hunting for Gordon Hall's killer....
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Imprint:   Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Reprint
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   401g
ISBN:   9781464200304
ISBN 10:   1464200300
Series:   Rachel Goddard Mysteries
Pages:   320
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sandra Parshall grew up in South Carolina and has worked as a reporter on newspapers in South Carolina, West Virginia, and Baltimore. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, a long-time Washington journalist, and three cats. www.sandraparshall.com

Reviews for Under the Dog Star

Parshall's latest is more than equal to earlier series entries (Broken Places, 2010, etc.), with spine-chilling tension from cover to cover. -- Kirkus Reviews In this tense and compelling entry in one of my favorite series, Virginia veterinarian Dr. Rachel Goddard and her fiance, Deputy Sheriff Tom Bridger, deal with a vicious murder and the devastating consequences of illegal dog-fighting. Believable, sympathetic protagonists; a beautifully evoked setting; a haunting crime-- Under the Dog Star is one of the un-put-down-able reads of the year. --Deborah Crombie, author of Necessary as Blood Well recommended, as it's the fourth in an Agatha Award-winning series starring veterinarian Rachel Goddard --Library Journal . ..a suspenseful tale distinguished by its sharp prose. -- Publishers Weekly starred review of Broken Places Edge-of-the-seat suspense and a budding romance for Tom and Rachel make this essential reading for fans of Margaret Maron and Karin Slaughter. -- Library Journal starred review of Disturbing the Dead Winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel for The Heat of the Moon


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