Harry and his Labrador, Randolph, were left reeling by the
disappearance of their companion, Imogen, nearly a year
ago. In that year, Harry has developed a fondness for the
supernatural; in particular, spirits, which lead to his
being at the séance where Lyell Overton Minskoff-Hardy
meets his untimely end in the bathroom.
Drawn into the investigation by an unlikely collection of
suspects, Harry and Randolph sift through a variety of
clues and red herrings as those around them begin to drop
dead. Interestingly, it's Randolph, a dog unlike any other,
a dog that's able to think and reason and read, that leads
Harry through the evidence in a race against a killer who
will not rest until all that stand in the way are
eliminated. And Harry, with his dogged determination to get
to the bottom of things, is about to be moved to the top of
the killer's list.
A DOG ABOUT TOWN by J.F. Englert is a refreshingly
intelligent story told from the perspective of a dog.
Englert gets into the mind of a dog and crafts an
entertaining who-done-it. Randolph uses his innate doggy
skills to sniff through the clues and lead his owner in the
right direction. The multilayered mystery is tied in with
what appear to be random incidences that set up the premise
for future stories. Cozy mystery fans will enjoy this
unique, well-written tale.
Harry is a man still mourning the loss of his beloved
girlfriend, Imogen, who left him suddenly without a word.
He’s also the owner of a plump, poetry-loving Lab,
Randolph. Like most Manhattan dogs, Randolph spends his
days sifting through a world of scents, his owner’s
neuroses, and an overcrowded doggy run at the American
Museum of Natural History. But now a bereft Harry has
drifted into a circle of would-be occultists. Which might
not be so bad if one of them wasn’t also a
murderer.
But which one? With 100,000 times the
smelling power of a human being, Randolph can quickly
detect the scents of guilt, anxiety, and avarice—and he
has no lack of suspects, from a seductive con woman to an
uncouth professor of the decorative arts. Now, to protect
his hapless owner’s life, Randolph might have to do the
unthinkable—and start training Harry to catch a killer….
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