Ruffly Speaking

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Holly Winters a Dogs Lifecolumnist on the wrong side of thirty, a canine-loving detective sniffing out crime on the streets of Cambridge. Holly is a dogs best friendand a murderers worst enemy . . .

They might be less famous than guide dogs for the blind, but hearing dogs are no less invaluable to their owners. Holly Winter discovers this well-kept secret when she interviews Stephanie Benson, a hearing-impaired priest, and her canine companion, Ruffly. A hardworking, reliable mixed-breed, Ruffly lends an ear with ringing telephones, doorbells, smoke alarms, and the other everyday sounds on which Stephanies livelihoodand lifedepend.

Ruffly and the rector have just moved into the house of Hollys recently deceased friend, Morris Lamb, whose life-loving and dog-adoring ways left no clue to his sudden and untimely death. Then Ruffly begins tuning in to something more than mere mortals can hear. And when Holly follows the dogs lead, she picks up the unmistakable sound . . . of murder.

[Susan] Conants readerswith ears up and alert eyeeagerly await her next.Kirkus Reviews

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Susan Conant, a three-time recipient of the Maxwell Award for Fiction Writing given by the Dog Writers Association of America, lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband. She is the author of nineteen Dog Lovers Mysteries.