From a USA Today Best Selling AuthorThe story is not your typical murder mystery. The sleuth is not a detective, private eye, or lawyer. He’s an ordinary guy with an extraordinary dog.Jacob Martin is trying to make the best of a divorce and mid-life crisis when he gets a call at two o’clock Sunday morning from his mother. His sister has been arrested for the murder of her fourth husband, and his … her fourth husband, and his father is near death. Thus begins an adventure that takes Jake and his golden retriever from their Colorado retreat to a backwater town in the Missouri Ozarks where they search for cold-blooded killers, a cache of gold coins buried by Jesse James, and the love of a beautiful nurse.
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Love all the …to Die for books!
Wonderful book. Fast moving Great story
Characters well developed.
Jake & his dog, Fred, are called to Missouri to help Jake’s sister when she is accused of murdering her husband. He ends up becoming a detective when things just don’t add up. After returning to his Colorado home, thinking everything has been solved & the killer found, Jake finds himself on the wrong end of a shotgun held by someone they never …
this book was to long it could have been told with half the words.
Good read. Draws you in and keeps you there
Although slightly disfunctional I love the characters. It was a fun light hearted read.
Richard Houston nails it – every time!
The premise of this book and the rest of the books in the series has a lot of promise. Unfortunately, the quality of the writing doesn’t do the premise justice.
Great series of books.
I very much enjoyed this book. I liked the main characters, particularly the relationship between the man and his dog. The family relationship was secondary but was interestingly quirky. The main focus of the book – The mystery of what happened and who done it was challenging enough to keep me thinking to the end. The good news is there are no …
I love this series and the characters. Fun and entertaining reading with a great plot.
Easy read with some interesting characters including the dog. Corny at times but still entertaining.
A bit different from the “average” mystery! Not that I’d read an average book as there are so many books to read and not enough time – even living in isolation in our world of today. I highly recommend this series!
Melinda
Mexico
Wasn’t a typical romantic book. Great characters and plot
I really enjoyed this book. The characters are realistic , the mystery is interesting and not predictable. I look forward to the next in the series.
Very good read
These books about the dogs are very entertaining. Richard Houston knows how to make you love a dog.
Fantastic!
Loved it. Worth reading. Simple, enjoyable book