DOGGIE DAY CARE MURDER
Book ID/图书代码： 14780008B22015
English Summary/英文概要： Pine Ridge Canine Care Center. A place where pampered pooches go to kick back, get primped, and watch a little TV in luxurious individual accommodations. To Melanie Travis, it all seems a bit much—and a most unlikely setting for a murder. But when the day care center’s co-owner turns up dead in his office, that’s just what she finds...
Melanie Travis thought her sleuthing days were behind her. She has a new baby to take care of—not to mention five Standard Poodles—and Aunt Peg is getting Davey ready for his debut as a junior showman. These days, the closest Melanie gets to detective work is scoping out the scene at the local doggie day center for her friend Alice Brickman.
As Melanie learns, it’s a dog’s life at the Pine Ridge Canine Care Center—and life is good. The dogs are living large with a team of groomers and handlers at their bark and call. Everyone seems blissfully happy. Everyone canine, that is. For Melanie soon discovers there are some simmering resentments among the Pine Ridge staff and when Steve Pine, the center’s charming, good-looking co-owner, is found shot to death on the floor of his office, there’s no shortage of suspects. His sister Candy stands to inherit their lucrative doggie day care operation. His neighbor, Adam Busch, still blames Steve for paving the way for the other businesses that now exist in the once quiet, all-residential town. And then there’s Lila Harrington, the disgruntled client who wanted to sue Steve following an embarrassing “incident” involving a Shih Tzu and a Beagle mix. And lastly, the string of female customers Steve bedded and jilted. But which of these suspects was desperate enough to commit murder?
With the police at a loss for leads, it’s now up to Melanie to go undercover and sniff out a killer whose secrets lie buried in a dog’s paradise that’s proving to be anything but…
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 松岭犬只护理中心。在这个地方，宠物狗去放松，打扮，并在豪华的个人房间看一点电视。对梅勒妮•特拉维斯来说，这一切似乎都很平和——而且是最不可能发生谋杀案的地方。但当这个中心的合伙人死在他的办公室时，她发现……
梅勒妮•特拉维斯认为她侦查的日子已经过去了。她有一个新宝宝要照顾——更不用说5只标准的卷毛狗了——佩格姨妈正在为戴维作为初级表演者的首次亮相做准备。这些天来，梅勒妮最接近侦探工作的地方就是在当地的狗狗日中心为她的朋友艾莉斯•布里克曼仔细观察现场。
正如梅勒妮所了解到的，在松岭犬类护理中心，这是一条狗的生活——生活是美好的。这些狗住在一个大的团队，包括美容师和处理人员。每个人似乎都幸福快乐。每个人都像狗狗一样快乐。但是梅勒妮很快就发现，松岭犬只中心的工作人员之间存在着一些蓄积已久的仇恨。当史蒂夫•派恩——该中心迷人、英俊的合伙人——被发现死在他办公室的地板上时，嫌疑人就多了。首先是他的妹妹坎迪将继承他们利润丰厚的狗狗日间护理业务。还有他的邻居亚当•布施仍然指责史蒂夫为这个曾经安静的全居民小镇上的其他企业铺平了道路。还有莱拉•哈林顿，这位心怀不满的客户想要起诉史蒂夫，原因是一起令人尴尬的“事件”，涉及一只西施犬和一只混种猎犬。最后，一连串的女顾客和史蒂夫上床睡觉，然后被甩了。但是这些嫌疑犯中哪一个绝望到要杀人呢?
在警察束手无策的情况下，现在轮到梅勒妮去卧底，去嗅出一个隐藏再狗狗乐乐园里的杀手的秘密。（WYL）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 劳林•贝伦森是《阿加莎》和《玛卡维蒂》的提名者，《浪漫时代》评论家选择奖的得主，以及由美国狗狗作家协会颁发的麦克斯韦奖的四次得主。她和丈夫、儿子以及四只贵宾犬住在肯塔基州。
劳林•贝伦森的网页: www.LaurienBerenson.com。
Laurien Berenson is an Agatha and Macavity nominee, winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and a four-time winner of the Maxwell Award, which is presented by the Dog Writers Association of America. She lives in Kentucky with her husband, son, and four poodles.
Laurien Berenson’s websote: www.LaurienBerenson.com.
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