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Leash on Life
(2025)(The third book in the Second Chance Mystery series)
A Story by Tilly Bramwell and Maisy Marple
When a dog breeder's secrets lead to murder, shelter director Liv Barnes must follow the paw prints to justice.
The grand reopening of the Second Chance Animal Shelter should be a day of celebration for director Olivia "Liv" Barnes. With renovations complete and adoptable dogs dressed in their finest bandanas, everything is perfect for finding forever homes. That is, until prestigious dog breeder Victoria Cunningham is found strangled with a fancy leather leash in the shelter parking lot.
Victoria's prized show dog, Duchess, is missing''until she mysteriously returns covered in mud with a memory card hidden in her collar. The card contains breeding records that expose Victoria's fraudulent practices and give multiple people motives for murder. Was it Victoria's estranged husband with gambling debts? Her blackmailed assistant? A customer whose sick puppy nearly bankrupted him? Or someone else with a bone to pick?
As Liv and her fiancé, Sheriff Jim Cooper, dig deeper into Victoria's breeding operation, they uncover a puppy mill masquerading as a champion bloodline. With help from spunky senior volunteer Violet, clumsy-but-dedicated assistant Tyler, and town veterinarian Rachel, Liv must piece together the evidence. But the most important witness might be Duchess herself, whose behavior around suspects could point to the killer.
In this third installment of the beloved Second Chance Animal Shelter Mystery series, Liv must solve the case while preparing for a rescheduled adoption event, managing an influx of rescued dogs, and planning her long-delayed wedding. Along the way, she'll discover that second chances aren't just for shelter dogs—they're for people too.
Genre: Mystery
The grand reopening of the Second Chance Animal Shelter should be a day of celebration for director Olivia "Liv" Barnes. With renovations complete and adoptable dogs dressed in their finest bandanas, everything is perfect for finding forever homes. That is, until prestigious dog breeder Victoria Cunningham is found strangled with a fancy leather leash in the shelter parking lot.
Victoria's prized show dog, Duchess, is missing''until she mysteriously returns covered in mud with a memory card hidden in her collar. The card contains breeding records that expose Victoria's fraudulent practices and give multiple people motives for murder. Was it Victoria's estranged husband with gambling debts? Her blackmailed assistant? A customer whose sick puppy nearly bankrupted him? Or someone else with a bone to pick?
As Liv and her fiancé, Sheriff Jim Cooper, dig deeper into Victoria's breeding operation, they uncover a puppy mill masquerading as a champion bloodline. With help from spunky senior volunteer Violet, clumsy-but-dedicated assistant Tyler, and town veterinarian Rachel, Liv must piece together the evidence. But the most important witness might be Duchess herself, whose behavior around suspects could point to the killer.
In this third installment of the beloved Second Chance Animal Shelter Mystery series, Liv must solve the case while preparing for a rescheduled adoption event, managing an influx of rescued dogs, and planning her long-delayed wedding. Along the way, she'll discover that second chances aren't just for shelter dogs—they're for people too.
Genre: Mystery
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