Death and the Dogwalker — A.J. Orde

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, FRED FORET HAD NOTHING TO SAY--NOT EVEN THE NAME OF HIS KILLER.

Fred Foret looked so natural lying in the Denver park that only Jason Lynx's dog, out with his master for an early stroll, noticed that he was dead. Jason, a compulsive puzzle-solver, is fascinated by this carefully staged bit of terminal violence. Soon. he's involved not only in Fred's murder but in the unsolved shooting of beautiful Melody Steinwale, whose body, like Fred's, had been found in the park in an eerily lifelike pose.

What's the connection between them? Is it coincidence that both victims had been garrulous, self-absorbed bores? From the victims' well-heeled friends and relatives, Jason efficiently assembles the pieces of these overlapping puzzles. The ugly picture that emerges is one that Jason is reluctant to accept--and tells him more about himself than he cares to know....