Legacy, Lies, and Murder
(2026)(Book 12 in the Pupcakes and Paws Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Krista Sawyer
An old fortune. A peaceful death. And a secret someone has been hiding for years.
Dog trainer Maggie Harper expects to comfort a grieving family—not uncover a murder everyone insists never happened. But while assessing Ptolemy, the Ashworth family's elderly basset hound, she notices a worn library window, an anxious housekeeper, and her beagle, Scout, fixating on places no one else finds suspicious. When Detective Nick Lawson quietly admits the evidence doesn't add up, Maggie follows her instincts into a web of old money and deadly deception.
An unexpected heir, Tobias Wren, arrives just as Philip Ashworth, Cornelius Ashworth's financially struggling grandson, faces losing everything. Both have compelling motives, but Scout keeps leading Maggie in another direction.
As hidden fortunes, poisonous plants, and decades-old betrayals collide, Maggie uncovers evidence of a crime years in the making.
Now the truth is finally within reach... and the killer is determined to bury Maggie along with it.
Genre: Mystery
Dog trainer Maggie Harper expects to comfort a grieving family—not uncover a murder everyone insists never happened. But while assessing Ptolemy, the Ashworth family's elderly basset hound, she notices a worn library window, an anxious housekeeper, and her beagle, Scout, fixating on places no one else finds suspicious. When Detective Nick Lawson quietly admits the evidence doesn't add up, Maggie follows her instincts into a web of old money and deadly deception.
An unexpected heir, Tobias Wren, arrives just as Philip Ashworth, Cornelius Ashworth's financially struggling grandson, faces losing everything. Both have compelling motives, but Scout keeps leading Maggie in another direction.
As hidden fortunes, poisonous plants, and decades-old betrayals collide, Maggie uncovers evidence of a crime years in the making.
Now the truth is finally within reach... and the killer is determined to bury Maggie along with it.
Genre: Mystery