Donna Andrews returns with her latest charming addition to the bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series.

Meg is in the backyard of the house her brother Rob, Delaney, and their new baby have moved into, supervising some workmen who are using a bulldozer to start digging out a duck pond. She wants to get away from her own house, which has become the staging site for Caerphilly's first Mutt March, which will be held the next day. Meg thinks it will be more peaceful at Rob's house--and it is until the bulldozers uncover a skeleton whose skull has a hole and a bullet rattling around inside.

Meanwhile, Chief Burke begins searching the police records to see if he can identify any missing persons who would fit the bill. He doesn't turn down Meg's offer to help with his identification efforts, and she begins looking in the library and talking to old-timers. She's all the more eager to help because Iris Rafferty, who sold the house to Rob and Delaney and still lives in the mother-in-law suite, disappears the morning after the finding of the body... does her disappearance have anything to do with finding the body? Was it voluntary? Or was she kidnapped--possibly by the prowlers who are spotted lurking around the half-finished duck pond at night? Or do the prowlers have sinister designs on one or more of the dogs who will be marching in the parade?

Written with her classic cozy and investigative style, Donna Andrews is sure to delight in the latest in her Meg Langslow mystery series.

Meg is supervising the digging of a duck pond at her brother’s home next door.  It is an easy task and one she is enjoying since her home and yard are filled with over 100 dogs and assorted volunteers preparing for a pet parade and adoption event. But things rarely go entirely smoothly for the Langslow family and this is no exception - there maybe be a dog fighting ring after some of the adoptable dogs and, to make things a bit more interesting, a skeleton is dug up where the duck pond is being excavated.

It is always fun to check in with Meg and her family for new adventure and this one is no exception.  The action moves quickly and comes to a satisfying conclusion both with the murder and the dogs. We meet a new character, Miss Ethelinda  Pruitt whom we will hopefully see again in future books because she is quite a character.  The whole Langslow clan is the family you wish you had and each entry in the series is like coming home to dear friends.   I look forward to each new entry in the series. Highly recommended.~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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