Dr. Nightingale Rides to the Hounds — Lydia Adamson

BARKS, BLESSINGS -- AND BULLETS
Taking her sow, horse, and assorted yard dogs to be blessed at Lubin's Field is one of the highlights of the Easter holidays for Deirdre Nightingale, D.V.M. Didi is looking forward to meeting many of her clients on the procession and to making new friends. But she doesn't anticipate witnessing a murder.

Didi sees John Breitland, the wealthy president of the animal welfare league, get shot dead while standing on a makeshift stage. Once the organizer of the county's biggest fox hunt, Breitland had a history of making enemies. The leading suspect is the owner of a stable Breitland shut down, but the man has an ironclad alibi. Some say the murder was destined because Lubin's Field was cursed years ago by the tragic death of a woman believed to be a witch. Didi thinks the police are barking up all the wrong trees...and she decides to listen to her own dogged intuitions to follow a deadly trail of men and dogs engaged in the original blood sport -- a lust for revenge.