Braced for Murder — Sue Owens Wright

When Beanie fosters a basset hound from Lakeside Shelter she s headed for calamity one way or another. Beanie and Cruiser hit the crime trail once again after a reviled shelter manager is discovered euthanized. Tahoe Animal Impoundment Liberation Society (TAILS) is prime suspect in her murder but there are others among Lake Tahoe s irate dog lovers.

Beanie seeks an adopter for crazy Calamity at the Basset Waddle but Calamity has other ideas. When Cruiser mysteriously vanishes at the Waddle Beanie stumbles into a trap intended to put an end to the investigation along with her and Cruiser. Cruiser and Calamity are braced for murder when they pair up to track a killer and save Beanie from a cruel death at the dog pound.