num_pages: 343
description: Pet sitter Daphne Templeton has a soft spot for every stray and misfit who wanders into the quaint lakeside village of Sylvan Creek. But even Daphne doesnt like arrogant womanizing Steve Beamus the controversial owner of Blue Ribbon K-9 Academy. When Steve turns up dead during a dog agility trial Daphne can think of a long list of people with motives for homicide and so can the police. Unfortunately at the top of the list is Daphnes sister PiperSteves latest wronged girlfriend.Certain that Piper is innocent in spite of mounting evidence to the contrary Daphne sets out to clear her sisters nameand find Axis Steves prize-winning chocolate Labrador who went missing the night of Steves death. Aided by Socrates her taciturn basset hound and a hyperactive one-eared Chihuahua named Artie Daphne quickly runs afoul of Detective Jonathan Black a handsome and enigmatic newcomer to town who has no appreciation for Daphnes unorthodox sleuthing.Can a free-spirited pet sitter armed only with a Ph.D. in Philosophy and her two incompatible dogs find the real killer before she becomes the next victim?
language: English
title: Death by Chocolate Lab
publisher: Kensington