HAIR OF THE DOG
Book ID/图书代码： 06830014B69853
English Summary/英文概要： The dog days of summer have just begun, and Melanie Travis is looking forward to savoring each lazy afternoon. And where better to enjoy herself than at her Aunt Peg’s Fourth of July barbecue? It sounds ideal, until an uninvited guest proves that even the laziest dog day of the year can suddenly turn vicious.
Melanie knew someone should have kept Barry Turk on a short leash. The star poodle handler and ladykiller had a habit of chicanery that bred contempt in the dog show circuit, particularly among its female members. But when Barry is shot dead in his own driveway, even Melanie is stunned at how unsporting the competition can get. Soon Melanie is investigating a litter of suspects which includes Barry’s ruthless young assistant, her hot-tempered boyfriend, A Blue Ribbon judge with a grudge, and even Barry’s last lover, Alicia. Now, as Melanie digs for clues deep under Connecticut’s well-groomed surface, she finds herself sniffing around in the killer’s own backyard, and counts herself lucky to have the animal instincts to keep herself alive.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 炎炎夏日才刚刚开始，梅勒尼就已经开始期待惬意的度过每一个夏日的慵懒午后了。还有什么会比佩奇婶婶的7月4日烧烤日更能令她惬意不已吗？听起来一切都非常完美，直到一名不请自来的客人让这一年中最慵懒的炎炎夏日也突然间变得邪恶起来。
梅勒尼知道一定有人牢牢控制住了巴里•特克。这名贵宾犬训练风云人物还是一名女性杀手，而他的习惯性耍花招更是在狗狗表演圈中引来诸多蔑视和鄙夷，尤其令其中的女训练师们不满。很跨梅勒尼就对一群人展开了调查，其中包括巴里桀骜不驯的年轻助理以及她脾气火爆的男友，一名心怀怨念的蓝丝带评委，以及巴里的前女友艾丽西亚。当梅勒尼为了寻找线索而深入挖掘康涅狄格州看似平静的表面以下，她发现自己正在凶手自己的后院中四处寻觅，或许她该庆幸正是自己明锐的动物本能让她能够幸存下来。（DC）
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系列明星梅勒尼•特拉维斯和狗狗表演团正利用着种种联系去追查一名知名贵宾训犬师的遇害凶手。或许本书将大受够哦狗爱好者以及其他诸多读者们的喜爱，本书来自于《犬咬犬》的作者。
科克斯书评
让我们和梅勒尼•特拉维斯第三次相遇在韦斯特切斯特/康涅狄格州的狗狗表演团(《犬咬犬》，1996)，离婚教师，5岁的戴维的母亲，以及电脑设计师萨姆•德雷弗尔。不受欢迎的训狗师巴里•特克，在他与艾丽西亚•德维尼共享的屋子前被射杀了，而艾丽西亚不久前刚为了特克离开了自己身为大赛评委的丈夫比尔。
焦急的艾丽西亚已有身孕，身处警察们的怀疑之下，她只得向梅勒尼寻求帮助，希望能找到凶手。善良的梅勒尼开始不断发出问题，和往常一样，喜欢掌控一切的佩奇婶婶也鼓励着她，因为她也是贵宾犬的养主之一。梅勒尼将关注点放在了威孚和荣•铂尔曼身上---因为这两个人突然将他们参赛的松狮犬从特克的训练管理中转移到了另一名训练师克洛福德•朗俪的手中，而克洛福德一直以来都遭受着特克的恶毒攻击---此外，梅勒尼还发现了数名特克性虐待的受害者，以及大量发生在别处的非法事件。案件逐渐进入了死胡同----直到第二起谋杀案的发生，一条杂志上的八卦消息让梅勒尼（警察们早已消失）有了另类的解决方案。本书适合于喜爱狗狗表演比赛的读者（有关于狗狗的装扮，毛发问题，以及其他招人喜欢的性格特征）。
From Library Journal
Series star Melanie Travis of the dog show circuit uses her many connections to track down the murderer of a famous poodle handler known for cutting a swath among the women. A good choice for dog aficionados?and others?from the author of Dog Eat Dog.
From Kirkus Reviews
A third time on the Westchester/Connecticut dog-show circuit with Melanie Travis (Dog Eat Dog, 1996, etc.), divorced teacher, mother of five-year-old Davey, and lover of rugged computer designer Sam Driver. A little-liked trainer-handler, Barry Turk, has been shot and killed in the driveway of the house he shared with Alicia Devane, who had left her show-judge husband Bill for Turk. Pregnant, distraught, and under police suspicion, Alicia now asks Melanie to help her find the killer. A sympathetic Melanie starts asking questions, encouraged as usual by her bossy Aunt Peg, a breeder of Standard Poodles. Melanie’s interest focuses on Viv and Ron Pullman--the two abruptly shifted their prize Chow from Turk’s management to handler Crawford Langley and have been bad-mouthed by Turk ever since--and she also digs up several victims of Turk’s sexual harassment, plus a spate of illicit affairs in unexpected places. It’s going nowhere--slowly- -until a second killing and a magazine gossip item lead Melanie (the police have vanished) to an off-the-wall solution. Only for those obsessed with show dogs (their grooming, hair problems, and ingratiating personalities). All else here is absurdly contrived and unconvincing.
About the Author/作者介绍： 劳瑞恩•百伦森是令人读来心情愉悦的梅勒尼•特拉维斯系列侦探小说的作者，该系列包括有Jingle Bell Bark和 Best in Show。作者拥有瓦萨学院的心理学学位，现已结婚25年。作者现与丈夫，儿子，6只狗狗以及两匹威尔士马居住在乔治亚州。
Laurien Berenson is an American mystery writer. She writes the Melanie Travis mysteries, and is also the proprietor of Ashlyn Miniature Poodles in Kentucky.
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