In Dog We Trust
Golden Retriever Mysteries, #1
Reeks: Golden Retriever Mysteries
Neil S. Plakcy
- 42-year-old
- Steve
- Levitan
- has
- lost
- everything
- that
- matters
- to
- him
- –
- his
- marriage,
- his
- home
- and
- his
- career.
- After
- finishing
- a
- brief
- prison
- term
- for
- computer
- hacking,
- he
- returns
- to
- his
- home
- town
- of
- Stewart's
- Crossing,
- PA
- with
- his
- tail
- between
- his
- legs.With
- his
- parole
- officer
- peering
- over
- his
- shoulder,
- Steve
- begins
- a
- technical
- writing
- business
- and
- takes
- a
- part-time
- job
- as
- an
- adjunct
- professor
- of
- English
- at
- his
- alma
- mater,
- Eastern
- College.
- He
- reconnects
- with
- an
- old
- friend,
- the
- local
- police
- detective,
- hangs
- out
- at
- a
- coffee
- shop,
- and
- enjoys
- the
- natural
- beauty
- of
- Bucks
- County
- and
- the
- stimulating
- college
- environment.
- Starting
- over
- helps
- him
- numb
- the
- pain
- of
- all
- he's
- lost,
- including
- the
- two
- unborn
- children
- his
- ex-wife
- miscarried
- before
- their
- divorce.The
- last
- thing
- he
- needs
- in
- his
- life
- is
- a
- shaggy,
- bossy
- golden
- retriever.
- But
- when
- his
- next-door
- neighbor,
- Caroline
- Kelly,
- is
- murdered,
- Steve
- becomes
- her
- dog's
- temporary
- guardian.
- Rochester
- seems
- determined
- to
- solve
- the
- mystery
- of
- Caroline's
- death,
- digging
- up
- clues
- and
- pushing
- Steve
- to
- investigate.
- As
- they
- nose
- through
- Caroline's
- past,
- her
- friends
- and
- her
- career
- searching
- for
- motives,
- the
- bond
- between
- man
- and
- dog
- grows.But
- it's
- only
- when
- Steve
- uncovers
- a
- connection
- between
- Caroline's
- death
- and
- some
- uncomfortable
- situations
- between
- his
- students
- and
- his
- colleagues
- that
- Steve
- realizes
- that
- in
- order
- to
- save
- his
- own
- life,
- and
- the
- life
- of
- the
- dog
- he's
- come
- to
- love,
- he's
- going
- to
- have
- to
- come
- face
- to
- face
- with
- a
- killer
- with
- nothing
- left
- to lose.
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