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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1984
  • Latest Book:
    June 2017
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Full Series List in Order

A Rachel Alexander and Dash Mystery

1 - This Dog for Hire (Dec-1996)
2 - The Dog Who Knew Too Much (1997)
3 - A Hell of a Dog (Oct-1998)
4 - Lady Vanishes (Sep-1999)
5 - The Wrong Dog (Oct-2000)
6 - The Long Good Boy (Oct-2001)
7 - Fall Guy (Aug-2004)
8 - Without a Word (Sep-2005)
9 - The Hard Way (Oct-2006)

Book List in Order: 12 titles







  • She gets top billing. But he's the real teeth of the operation. In the search for a killer, they make the perfect team.... BARK, DON'T BITE She's thirty-eight, too independent for most men's taste, and too suspicious for her own good. In her ba...



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    THE KEY TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN'S TRAGIC DEATH IS LOCKED IN A DOG'S BROKEN HEART. P.I. Rachel Alexander is stepping into a dead woman's life. Hired by the young t'ai chi teacher's grieving parents, Rachel is determined to find out why their apparentl...



  • MASTERY OF MURDER In the field of dog training, no two experts think alike. And between trainers who are stubborn as bulldogs and others who primp like poodles, polite discourse simply doesn't have a chance. Little wonder that a convention of famo...



  • The residents at Harbor View, a Greenwich Village home for "thrown away" people, love Lady, the live-in therapy dog. But when the owner dies in a tragic and bizarre hit-and-run accident and Lady vanishes, Harbor View is plunged into chaos. Working...



  • From former detective turned noted author and dog trainer, Carol Lea Benjamin, comes the fifth book in the critically-lauded Rachel Alexander mystery series, for the first time in mass market. Sophie Gordon didn't let her epilepsy get in the way o...



  • A dog trainer-turned-PI and her pit bull go after a killer -- with a little help from a courageous dachshund -- in this mystery by a Shamus Award winner. Rachel and Dash have a new client. Well, three new clients. A trio of transvestite wor...



  • Rachel Alexander hardly knew N.Y.P.D. Detective Timothy O'Fallon, who had a fatal "accident" while cleaning his service revolver in his Greenwich Village apartment. As a member of Rachel's 9/11 support group, O'Fallon had shared little and revealed n...






  • A woman vanished -- without a word and without a trace -- five years ago. The daughter she left behind hasn't spoken since. And now the troubled young girl stands accused of a shocking and brutal crime. The distraught stranger at the Washington Squa...



  • A lifelong New Yorker, Rachel Alexander has seen her city change shape through the years. But while New York has never been cleaner and crime is rapidly in decline, a vestige of grittier days remains. When wealthy business owner Eleanor Redstone appr...



  • THIS BOOK IS ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR AND IS BEST VIEWED USING THE KINDLE APPLICATION FOR PC OR MAC.Do you have a new puppy that needs training, a rescue dog with issues, a dog of any age that needs some education? Dog Smart's graphic presentation makes ...


Award-Winning Books by Carol Lea Benjamin

This Dog for Hire
1996 Shamus Award -- First P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Carol Lea Benjamin has published 12 books.

Carol Lea Benjamin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dog Smart, was published in June 2017.

The first book by Carol Lea Benjamin, Nobody's Baby Now, was published in April 1984.

Yes. Carol Lea Benjamin has 1 series.