A Scam Worth Killing For
(2026)(The fifth book in the Dog Club Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Teddy Hanover
A Scam Worth Killing For
Anthony Bell joined the Brackenwell Dog Club with an easy smile, a neglected Doberman, and a "guaranteed" investment opportunity nobody could quite say no to.
Two months later, he's face down in the lake.
For dog trainer Mara Penley, the case should be simple — Anthony made plenty of enemies. But the man who found the body is her closest ally at the club, tied to the crime by nothing but a comment made in anger and terrible timing. As the police investigation narrows in on the wrong man, Mara starts digging into Anthony's real business: a scheme that left ruined lives behind in every town he never stayed in long enough to answer for.
The deeper she digs, the more she suspects one of his victims never got their money back — and got something else instead.
With her own wedding six months away and a killer's motive still hidden in plain sight, Mara has to find the truth before the wrong person pays for someone else's crime.
Genre: Mystery
Anthony Bell joined the Brackenwell Dog Club with an easy smile, a neglected Doberman, and a "guaranteed" investment opportunity nobody could quite say no to.
Two months later, he's face down in the lake.
For dog trainer Mara Penley, the case should be simple — Anthony made plenty of enemies. But the man who found the body is her closest ally at the club, tied to the crime by nothing but a comment made in anger and terrible timing. As the police investigation narrows in on the wrong man, Mara starts digging into Anthony's real business: a scheme that left ruined lives behind in every town he never stayed in long enough to answer for.
The deeper she digs, the more she suspects one of his victims never got their money back — and got something else instead.
With her own wedding six months away and a killer's motive still hidden in plain sight, Mara has to find the truth before the wrong person pays for someone else's crime.
Genre: Mystery