Groomed for Murder
(2026)(The third book in the Canine Courthouse Mystery series)
A novel by Nina Hunt
The competition is starting. The judge is missing. And someone in Green Acres is about to have a very bad Thanksgiving.
Maggie Bennett’s new grooming service at Three Tails is barely open when celebrity dog groomer Roxanne Vale arrives to judge the town’s Thanksgiving competition.
Before the first winner could be crowned, a dead body was found.
It’s murder.
Five suspects. Plenty of secrets. And one tiny detective who notices what everyone else overlooks.
Toby smells something familiar where it doesn’t belong—the distinctive vanilla scent from Maggie’s own grooming room.
Now Maggie has questions, Dottie has theories, and Chica has declared war on the new dryer.
But Toby is following a trail that keeps getting stranger.
Someone thought they had committed the perfect crime.
They forgot about the five-pound Yorkie across from the courthouse.
Toby has a nose for murder—and he has a doggie door.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Maggie Bennett’s new grooming service at Three Tails is barely open when celebrity dog groomer Roxanne Vale arrives to judge the town’s Thanksgiving competition.
Before the first winner could be crowned, a dead body was found.
It’s murder.
Five suspects. Plenty of secrets. And one tiny detective who notices what everyone else overlooks.
Toby smells something familiar where it doesn’t belong—the distinctive vanilla scent from Maggie’s own grooming room.
Now Maggie has questions, Dottie has theories, and Chica has declared war on the new dryer.
But Toby is following a trail that keeps getting stranger.
Someone thought they had committed the perfect crime.
They forgot about the five-pound Yorkie across from the courthouse.
Toby has a nose for murder—and he has a doggie door.
Genre: Cozy Mystery