If you love, DOGS and enjoy fairly clean, but suspenseful murder mysteries, Laurien Berenson is the author for you!! I purchased about 20 of these audiobooks. I read all of them several years ago in print and was so blessed to catch a really great sale in Audible. The primary characters of. Melanie Travis and her toddler Davey are the primary characters at the start in the very first book. Melanie’s aunt Peg is the one that has the Standard Poodles. By the time you get to this book, Aunt Peg has has nurtured and mentored, Melanie and Davey into the world of confirmation.
I can honestly say what I enjoyed. The most was that all of Bernstein‘s books actually feature the dogs in them and the stories about the dogs lives and the peoples lives and the murder mystery. As opposed to lots of other, I guess imitators who have a picture of dogs on the front of their cover and then include DOGS in the title but when you read the whole book , the dog is only mentioned two or three times when they have been fed or walked. These books in this whole series, Are really, and truly based on DOGS and the families with them and the murders that Melanie solves I found that I actually learned a good deal about dog shows from these books as the author herself was involved with the sport of purebred dogs and showed her miniature poodles in real life. The author does a fabulous job of developing characters and their changing lives as the years go by in the story lines that they almost feel like the real people. And in defense of kennel, clubs, and the sport of purebred dogs these books give you a great view of many wonderful people that are involved in conformation; how much love and attention and dedication goes into training a dog for the conformation ring as well as companion sports of Obedience, and Agility… I wholeheartedly, recommend all of Laurien Berenson‘s books if you are a dog person!!!