Melanie Travis is back - after her first run through the
competitive dog show world in A Pedigree to Die For. Now,
the Connecticut teacher and single mother returns to elite
canine circles, this time as the owner and handler of her
own pedigreed poodle and uncovers a killer lurking among
the dogged handlers and their prize-winning pets. It's not
easy being the underdog, but what Melanie and her five-
month-old pup lack in experience, they make up in
enthusiasm. Melanie signs up for a breed-handling class at
Connecticut's classiest obedience school... only to have
her education cut short by sudden death. Melanie - with
her unerring nose for detection - smells a murder. With
her rambunctious puppy, five-year-old son, and Sam Driver -
the man giving her both hot fantasies and cold feet - in
tow, Melanie hits the championship circuit. In this dog-
eat-dog world where winning is everything, she discovers
that more than one suspect had a bone to pick with the
victim, including: an unctuous rival handler, an adoring
but possessive husband, an envious younger sister, and a
kennel owner whose secret recipe for dog biscuits isn't
the only thing she's guarding.