Review: Sadly, not as good as the first
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2011
I was so happy when the author announced on the Kindleboards that this book had come out that I bought it right away.This is the second book, after In Dog We Trust, about Steve Leviton, who has done time for computer hacking, and his golden retriever, Rochester.  In this outing, the victim is he head of admissions for Eastern College, where Steve works.The good:  The characters are appealing.The bad:  it reads as though the author did not have someone read the book for plot issues.  I think there should have been more foreshadowing about the steroids that crack case, the whole setup of finally finding the killer was just odd, the romantic interest was too much too fast, and the whole business of admissions statistical fraud was dropped. (and I thought that was very interesting since I didn't know it was in any way important in the real world.)I read this on the Kindle, and there weren't any formatting issues I noticed.A problem that continues from the first book is that Rochester always finds the clues and no one seems puzzled about it.  I've had dogs all my life and sure, any of them could find the bloody knife but none of them could find the letter that cracks the case.  I would like to see this developed, or explained. Somehow!! Anyhow!!I will definitly read the third book because of the charming characters, but if the plotting doesn't improve...