Animal-Related
These are mysteries involving people who work with animals. They might be veterinarians, dog walkers, or simply animal lovers.
The Agent to the Paws Mysteries (E. J. Copperman) Kay Powell is the Agent to the Paws, representing showbiz clients who aren’t exactly people. In fact: they’re dogs. You can kill any people you want, but you’d better leave Kay’s clients alone.
The Call of the Wilde Mysteries (Laura Morrigan) Animal behaviorist Grace Wilde keeps her ability to psychically communicate with furry and feathered critters under wraps. But when a Doberman turns out to be the only witness to a crime, Grace will have to let the cat out of the bag in order to catch a killer.
The Casebook of Dr. McKenzie (Claudia Bishop) On their farm nestled in upstate Trumansburg, New York, veterinarian Austin McKenzie and his wife Madeline keep themselves busy looking after a variety of ailing farm animals and pets in poor health. While they may be able to mend creatures great and small, they have yet to find a cure for murder.
The Cat Groomer Mysteries (Eileen Watkins) Cassie McGlone, owner of Cassie’s Comfy Cats in Chadwick, New Jersey, knows that professional cat grooming isn’t all fluff. She handles her feistiest four-legged clients with a caring touch and nerves of steel.
The Cats and Dogs Mysteries (Fiona Grace) Audrey Smart, 34, is a brilliant vet—yet burnt-out with the endless hours. She wonders if the time has come for a new direction, and when she sees an ad for a $1 home in Sicily, it captivates her.
The Catskills Pet Rescue Mysteries (Deborah Blake) A lottery winner, Kari Stuart, uses her good fortune to save a local pet sanctuary, but when a body is discovered on the property, she just might be in the doghouse.
The Coral Shores Veterinary Mysteries (D. L. Mitchell) As the new owner of the Coral Shores Veterinary Hospital, Dr. Emily Benton is in over her head. When she makes a house call she finds the woman’s terrier, Elvis, in a state of distress, and the owner face down on the floor-dead.
The Cozy Zoo Mysteries (Lisa Shea) Rosalinda Alameda adores zoos. When the “Free Friday” promotion features the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Rosalinda grabs her camera and heads east. A full day amongst lions and tigers is about the best outing she can possibly imagine.
The Dogs & Donuts Mysteries (Emmie Lyn) Ellie Hart thinks her luck has changed when a dog walking job falls in her lap. Changed for the worst, that is, when the first thing she does is stumble upon a body.
The Gunn Zoo Mysteries (Betty Webb) If Lucy, the pregnant Giant Anteater from Belize, didn’t kill the man found dead in her enclosure at California’s Gunn Zoo, who did? Zookeeper Teddy Bentley must find the real murderer before her furry friend is shipped off to another zoo in disgrace.
The Happy Tails Dog Walking Mysteries (Stella St. Claire) Olivia Rickard would kill to keep everything just the way it is. But just as she’s getting comfortable, her sister suddenly wants to buy an entire brownstone with her, and her boyfriend is moving way too fast.
The Highland Horse Whisperer Mysteries (R. B. Marshall) In the Highlands of Scotland, Izzy Paterson is a dressage-riding computer whiz of a sleuth who loves coffee… and has a knack for solving murders. Throw in a castle or two, the occasional royal, and maybe even a delicious cake shop.
The Honeybee Mysteries (Katherine Hayton) When Alice Townsend installs eight beehives in Christchurch’s red zone, she expects her bees will pollinate the bounty of fruit trees in the area. Instead, a dead body is found nearby covered in stings. Now the police believe a killer used her bees as their murder weapon.
The Horse Rescue Mysteries (Amber Camp) Mallory Martin moved back to her hometown of Hillspring, Arkansas, to start a horse rescue. It’s everything she’s been missing, with paddocks of happy horses and one very quirky donkey.
The Josiah Reynolds Mysteries (Abigail Keam) Josiah Reynolds is a beekeeper trying to stay financially afloat by selling honey at the Farmers’ Market. She finds her world turned upside down when a man is found dead in her beeyard, only to discover the victim is her nemesis.
The Leigh Koslow Mysteries (Edie Claire) Put your sleuthing skills to the test as you follow the humorous travails of advertising copywriter Leigh Koslow, her veterinarian father, a certifiable cast of friends and relatives, and their motley assortment of pets. Set in the Pittsburgh borough of Avalon.
The Low Country Dog Walker Mysteries (Jackie Layton) Secrets can be deadly. One steamy South Carolina morning, Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott discovers a client’s dead body. Police quickly decide she’s the prime suspect. Horrified, she knows she’ll have to turn detective if she’s going to convince them they’re barking up the wrong tree.
The Madigan Amos Zoo Mysteries (Ruby Loren) Someone at the zoo has a hidden agenda. And they’re willing to kill to keep it a secret. Finding a body in the penguin pool isn’t a great way to start the day. Zookeeper Madigan Amos is just as curious as anyone about the strange circumstances surrounding the penguin keeper’s death.
The Mae December Mysteries (Lia Farrell) Mae December runs a successful dog boarding business in Tennessee. When her neighbor, Ruby Mead-Allison, fails to pick up her unruly Pomeranian from Mae’s kennel, Mae pokes around and discovers the woman’s body.
The Mandy Bell DVM Mysteries (Abby Deuel) Mandy Bell, DVM, is summoned to a small Midwestern town called Crestview. A colleague and classmate from vet school has passed away and left her veterinary clinic and house to Mandy.
The Matilda Smithwick Mysteries (E. J. Cochrane) Dog walker-turned murder investigator Matilda Smithwick is stressed out. Thankfully, her best friend Dottie has the perfect solution—a weekend getaway to a private island off the coast of Maine.
The Melody’s Zoo Mysteries (J. Traveler Pelton) A broken-hearted father builds a zoo to entertain his dying child and leave a legacy of her in the community. It was not his intention for it to become the experimental grounds for a sociopath, just a place for families to gather and bond.
The Mobile Cat Groomer Mysteries (Ruth J. Hartman) Mobile Cat Groomer Molly Stewart loves her job. Until she finds the dead body of one of her pet parents stabbed with a garden implement in his back yard.
The Pet Rescue Mysteries (Linda O. Johnston) Lauren Vancouver is the head of HotRescues, a no-kill animal shelter north of Los Angeles, but it’s often human nature that puts her in the path of danger.
The Polly Parrett Mysteries (Liz Dodwell) Polly is juggling the care of her wheelchair-bound mother, her pet-sitting business and the sale of the family home. On top of that she finds herself having to deal with an arrogant but really sexy realtor, and Christmas is coming!
The Possumwood Mysteries (Holly Dey) After twenty-five years in Homicide, freshly-retired Detective Sergeant PC Donovan returns to her small hometown of Possumwood, Texas, when her aging mother breaks a hip. Somebody’s got to take care of Mama’s collection of rescue critters.
The Rainbow Ranch Mysteries (Elise M. Stone) When Lilliana MacAlistair agrees to become the hostess at a new Arizona dude ranch, she thinks she’s found the ideal position to supplement her retirement money. Her first guests are loving the activities and food she’s planned.
The Reigning Cats and Dogs Mysteries (Cynthia Baxter) As a veterinarian, she’s more experienced with paw prints than fingerprints. But thanks to her dogged persistence and her knack for landing on her feet, Dr. Jessica Popper’s got murder on a very short leash.
The Samantha Holt Mysteries (Karen Ann Wilson)
The Silver Hollow Mysteries (Leighann Dobbs) Isolde “Issy” Quinn wants to fly under the radar of the paranormal police, but that’s going to be hard to do when her least favorite person dies in front of her magical pet store. Now Issy and her cousins follow a twisty path of clues that lead to a shocking betrayal. Cowritten with Traci Douglass
The Spy Kitty in the City Mysteries (Bailey Booth) There’s no such thing as a typical day at Helping Paws Animal Shelter, and this wasn’t the first time Addie Dawson had a soggy box waiting for her on the doorstep with a disgruntled cat inside. However, this was the first time the cat talked to her!
The Superior Bay Witch Doctor Mysteries (Paula Lester) Willow Morgan is perfectly content caring for animals and keeping her witch identity secret. But her ability to communicate with people’s pets won’t pay the latest hike on her clinic’s lease.
The Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries (T. C. LoTempio) Shell McMillan’s beloved aunt who recently died left her a pet shop in her will, and Shell sees it as the perfect chance to make a fresh start in the sleepy town of Fox Hollow. But adjusting to small-town life won’t be easy.
The Vampire Pet Boutique Mysteries (Elle Wren Burke) Josie Wixx, disabled vampire and pet boutique owner, prefers to spend her days selling fancy and weird pet accessories and her nights eating chocolate while curled up with her Scottish Terrier.
The Viking Cat Mysteries (Codi Schneider) Tucked in the cold Colorado mountains lies the remote village of Gray Birch. In this village lives a cat named Bijou. But she’s no ordinary house cat; her ancestors were mousers on Viking longships, and their blood runs through her veins.
The We Sit Pets Mysteries (Matthew Ross) An ambitious high-achieving young woman, her brother – a charming slacker getting by on good looks and charisma, an out-of-control unstoppable terrier called Winkle, and a popular social media star bludgeoned to death. Who ever said pet-sitting would be a walk in the park?