Trails and Betrayals: A Leashes and Lies Mystery

About Trails and Betrayals: A Leashes and Lies Mystery

When Morgan Blake's mischievous chocolate Lab Bailey leads her to a body near the newly constructed dog park in Cedar Hollow, what should be a tragic accident starts to look a lot more suspicious. The victim is Douglas Everton, the well-liked contractor who built the park, and according to everyone, he simply fell from the observation deck while doing a final safety inspection. But Morgan can't ignore what Bailey found near the scene, and she definitely can't ignore the threatening note she receives warning her to stop asking questions.

With a detective who's convinced it was just an unfortunate accident and a town eager to move on and celebrate the park's grand opening, Morgan finds herself investigating alone—well, not entirely alone, since Bailey has appointed himself her very enthusiastic assistant investigator. As Morgan juggles obedience classes by day and amateur sleuthing by night, she discovers that the dog park project was plagued by more than just construction delays. There's the treasurer who's been acting strange about the budget.

The landscape architect who had a very public falling out with Douglas weeks before his death. The board president who desperately needed this project to succeed for reasons she won't discuss. Everyone claims they were somewhere else when Douglas fell, but Morgan keeps finding inconsistencies in their stories.

With Bailey's talent for finding evidence in the most inconvenient places and her own stubborn refusal to believe in coincidences, Morgan follows a trail of financial records, hidden relationships, and carefully constructed lies. In the cozy town of Cedar Hollow, where dog owners know each other's business better than their own and gossip spreads faster than a Lab chasing a tennis ball, Morgan Blake is about to learn that some people will do anything to protect their secrets. The more she uncovers about the dog park's troubled history, the clearer it becomes that someone killed Douglas to keep him quiet, and that same someone is watching her investigation very carefully.

Morgan will need all her training skills, Bailey's nose for trouble, and maybe a healthy dose of caution to catch a killer who's already proven they're willing to kill to keep the truth buried.