UNLEASHED
Book ID/图书代码： 06830014B69857
English Summary/英文概要： Summer means two things to Melanie Travis: a break from her teaching duties at Connecticut’s elite Howard Academy and a chance to plan the perfect wedding to her fiancé, Sam. She certainly doesn’t need the unwelcome arrival of a dinner invitation "peace offering" from Sam’s ex-wife, Sheila Vaughn. And dinner proves to be only the beginning of her problems. Sheila’s new man turns out to be Brian Endicott, an old buddy-turned-enemy of Sam’s. To make matters worse, Sheila announces her temporary stay in town is now permanent: she’s accepted a job as co-publisher of Woof!, a new gossip rag for the dog show world. But before the first issue is even out, a hotter story breaks when Sheila is found dead, strangled with a leather dog leash.
As far as Melanie’s concerned, the woman should have been on a leash long ago. And it seems she isn’t alone in her dislike of Sheila. Some of Woof!’s salacious stories threatened to expose the dirty paws of quite a few important exhibitors, and someone on Sheila’s staff may have found her high-handed attitude worth silencing. Then there’s the question of the life insurance policy Brian took out only days before Sheila’s death.
Even more troubling to Melanie is her faltering relationship with Sam, who’s hiding secrets-secrets that put him more deeply under Sheila’s spell in death than in life. Now, it will take the instincts of a bloodhound to sniff out a killer who’s bent on putting an end to Melanie’s amateur sleuthing...
With Unleashed, Laurien Berenson has delivered her most engaging, suspenseful novel yet, full of her signature, razor-sharp wit, and fast-paced plotting that’s guaranteed to have mystery lovers sitting up and begging for more of Melanie Travis.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于梅勒尼•特拉维斯而言，夏季有两层含义：不用在康涅狄格州的精英霍华德学院教书的清闲时期，以及规划与完美未婚夫萨姆的婚礼的大好时机。当然这也意味着萨姆前妻谢拉•瓦格所发来的所谓“和平共处”的晚餐邀请函绝不是她此刻想要的。事实证明，这顿晚餐是她灾难生活的开始。谢拉的新男友布莱恩•安迪科特曾是萨姆的朋友，如今两人已经势不两立。更糟糕的是，谢拉宣布她将不会短暂的住在镇上，而是将永远的定居在这里：因为她接下了一份新工作，作为woof的合作出版人！狗狗表演界中人们茶余饭后八卦的对象。然而这第一个问题还没有开始困扰她，更劲爆的消息便已经出现：谢拉已经被发现身亡，而绞死她的则是一根栓狗狗的皮绳。
梅勒尼觉得谢拉一定早就已经在某个人的掌控之下了。并且就现在的情况看来，她并不是唯一一个不喜欢谢拉的人。woof中的一些淫秽故事似乎威胁着要去曝光几位重要参展人员们背后的肮脏爪牙，而谢拉的某些员工一定也发现了她的高压政策值得沉默对待。随后便是布莱恩在谢拉死后数日便去取出的人生保险。
而更加令梅勒尼烦躁不已的则是她与萨姆之间摇摆不定的关系，萨姆所隐藏的秘密使得他在谢拉死后反而更加生活在她的阴影与魔咒之下。当下，是时候用她寻血猎犬的敏锐嗅觉去寻找这名誓要断了梅勒尼的业余侦探之路的杀人凶手了。。。。。。
《自由之犬》是劳瑞恩•百伦森迄今为止为读者们带来的最精彩并充满悬念的小说作品，书中充斥着她标志性的，刀锋一般犀利的智慧，以及节奏快速的情节设置，相信一定会让悬疑剧爱好者们不由的爱上本书并期待更多梅勒尼•特拉维斯的系列作品。（DC）
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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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