She doesn’t trust people. But can she team up with a service puppy to catch a murderer?
3 books. 995+ pages of fast-paced thrillers brimming with amateur sleuthing and loyal dogs.
“Riveting, heart-wrenching, and brilliant…” —James Rollins, New York Times bestseller of Bloodline
Animal behaviorist September Day protects her broken heart by keeping everyone at arm’s length. Still distraught … by keeping everyone at arm’s length. Still distraught over her husband’s death in the line of duty, she heads back to her Texas home to launch a dog-training business. But her grief takes a back seat when her autistic nephew goes missing in a freak blizzard.
Partnering with the boy’s support pup Shadow, September uncovers a shocking conspiracy hiding a deadly “miracle drug.” Hounded by vengeful enemies and stalkers from her past, human and dog must learn to work together and sniff out the source of corruption before more vulnerable kids die.
Can September and Shadow forge a bond and stop ruthless conspiracies, lethal contagions, and relentless killers?
The September Day Thriller Box Set contains the first three action-packed novels in the gripping September and Shadow series. If you like dark suspense, novice detectives, and courageous animals, then you’ll love Amy Shojai’s roller-coaster collection.
Buy The September Day Thriller Box Set to join the hunt for justice today!
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I’ve read Lost and Found and found it intense. I couldn’t put it down. September Day is an incredible character. Kept me reading long into the night. Can’t wait to read the other two books in the bundle.
I loved the point if view from the dog, Shadow. Fiction. But the fog training was real. Very interesting
I really enjoyed this book. If you love dogs, it’s a must read.
I am a pushover for books that have a dog as a main character. I think we totally underestimate what dogs can do if given some love and training
So far I read the first book, but so look forward to reading the other two. The story line came close to home and any book that has an animal as one of the main characters always invites me into a book
Shadow, a German shepherd, is the real star of this three-book series, at least partly because some of the story is told from a dog’s point of view. And I don’t mean an animal companion who thinks in English in complete sentences. Shadow thinks aloud his emotions, often a single word like September, or bacon, or a phrase like “nobody taught me that.” September Day suffers from PTSD after suffering multiple tragedies (being held captive and raped, having her beloved husband and equally loved dog Dakota murdered). Now she’s move back to her hometown in north Texas to open a business teaching owners to work with their pets, but she keeps getting caught up in police business. The characters (Combs, Pam, Doc Eugene, Steven, and more) are awesome, fully developed. Even the behavior of various kids in the story is behaviorally appropriate. Weather and autism spectrum disorder give depth to the plots of each book. And even though bodies pile up, the books are compelling and realistic.
Read first of the three, and looking forward to the others!
Wonderful Series
I purchased this series as I love Dogs, cats, etc. and Love Reading! this Thriller series did Not Disappoint! Love September Day’s character, complex and believable. Her complicated relationship with her family, her PTSD combined with her love of animals makes the series thrilling and heartwarming. Her interactions with Shadow and Macy are wonderful and show the wonderful relationships between human and pets. Love that some of the stories were written from Shadow’s point of view.
This series was well written and easy to become addicted to the characters.
Love that Amy includes information on the commands used and the reasoning behind them with Shadow and Macy. She also helps explorer the struggles of dealing with from issues from PTSD to Autism to Life and death decisions.
Once I finished with the First 3 books, I immediately purchased Book 4 after finishing it, I am eagerly awaiting Amy to finish Book 5.
I would highly recommend this series as well as the follow-up books.
If you love dogs and thrillers this is the book for you. Loved it
I’m a fan of pet-themed mysteries, and after reading her second book, I think Amy Shojai is easily my favorite author I’ve read in this genre. The animals are heavily involved in meaningful and believable ways. The protagonist is a trainer, and she reads realistically as an expert. The stories are cozy, but never hokey. They are just good mysteries, and like a good series should, the second book excels over the first, and I liked the first quite a bit.
I felt like this story of reality tv, murders, kidnapping, and even a possible epidemic, was stronger than the first, with a great arc and a strong ending.
Still, a couple of things…
The biggest problem is with the children’s dialogue. Their verbal speaking ability wavers pretty wildly. I had a hard time telling, at times, how old the child who was speaking was supposed to be, and in some characters’ cases, whether or not the child was supposed to be developmentally disabled because the way they spoke was so much younger-sounding than their age would lead one to expect.
Also, as an animal lover reading a book written for an animal loving audience, there was a problem I had with some of the descriptions of the fictional t.v. show and its focus. Using the euphamism “harvest” in place of “kill” has always been a pet peeve of mine, but much more troubling was attempting to understand how the hunters on the reality show were hailed as heroes for showing what great pets pit bulls are and for improving these dogs’ image via the show. How the show would help these dogs is a total mystery to me. Wouldn’t it make more sense to show these wonderful dogs doing things like playing gently and interacting with their humans at home? Wouldn’t it foster a more positive image to focus on these dogs walking in the park, doing training tricks, and enriching their communities through their therapy work, instead of showing pit bulls attacking other animals (in this case pigs) and tearing them bloody? I would think their show would serve to do the exact opposite of improving these breeds’ current p.r. situation, especially with the public already so fearful and biased against these misunderstood terriers.
But I’m being persnickety. It’s still a great pet mystery novel, a lot of fun and well worth reading. I’m looking forward to reading the next, and I hope there are many more books in this series to come.
I loved all three books. Keep writing. Cant wait for more with them.
I love Amy Sojai’s stories!
Boringly awful….sequence of events left me wondering what kind of people these not bothering to look for the autistic kid until hours have passed. I think she ought to stick to writing how not to manuals for parents of autistic kids. Unfortunately you don’t have a category for stupid & don’t bother.
Good books, love Shadow and his love for September.
Good story lines, interesting characters, keeps your attention. It would be great to read more September Day books.
All three were difficult to put down. Enjoyed the dog perspective! Sorry they ended.
I loved the dog’s view. Had it’s humor as well as well as full-steam-ahead parts. I thoroughly enjoyed all three of them.
So I started the first book in this series but didn’t get past page 88. There were too many characters and not developed well. they seem to be thrown in for something extra. Doubt I will continue and read anymore of these books.
I forced myself to get through the first book but did not like it and do not plan to read the others!
Only part way thru the first book and thinking of quitting it. To many stupid mistakes. Did no one proof read this thing? Doug is wearing a tapioca sweater, but later adjusts his tie. He pours scotch into a glass, drains it, refills it and later the ice cubes, which he never added, clink in the glass. September holds onto the the barbell, but manages to skin her palms (both) when she is dragged across the floor. And, September starts Pam’s Cherokee multiple times without ever turning it off. Give me a break. How are these supposed to be realistic?
The story could possibly be good, but with all the mistakes, who can keep track? And, she is supposed to be a bad-ass female antagonist and she is afraid to go outside? What, she trains dogs and tracks people indoors?
Now the story. Characters are caricatures. Everyone is just a little too too to be real. Officer Combs, Fish, Doty, everyone is over the top.
Like I said, only part way thru Lost and Found and really want to not finish, which is so not like me. Don’t know if I will be able to finish this one and read the next two. It is just too irritating.
Update: I quit. I just couldn’t do it.