Melanie Travis - teacher, single parent, and proud owner
of Faith, a rambunctious Standard Poodle pup - just can't
escape the chic show circuits of Fairfield County dog
fanciers. As if raising her son Davey, training her poodle
pup for the show ring, and grooming fellow handler Sam
Driver for romance aren't enough, Melanie's Aunt Peg is
pushing her to join the exclusive Belle Haven Kennel Club.
But the contentious group has barely managed to disagree
on this year's trophies when money turns up missing - and
one of the members turns up in the restaurant's parking
lot - dead. The only witnesses to the crime were the dead
woman's startled pair of Beagles - and they aren't
talking. Unfortunately, neither is anyone else. Melanie
hadn't intended to do any serious snooping, what with
coping with the unexpected arrival of an ex-husband out to
get joint custody of the son he's never known. In need of
some serious distraction, she's off at more than a dogtrot
to sniff out dangerous secrets ... only to discover that
everyone at Belle Haven has something damning to hide.