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ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Lost (Mace Reid K-9 mystery #3) by Jeffrey B. Burton

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Publication Date:  June 28, 2022 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Mystery Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length: 288  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover Synopsis Glencoe, Illinois:  A home invasion turned kidnapping at the mansion of billionaire financier Kenneth J. Druckman brings Mason “Mace” Reid and his cadaver dog, Vira, to this wealthy northern suburb of Chicago. Druckman was assaulted, left behind while his wife and young daughter were taken for ransom. Brought to the scene by the FBI, Reid specializes in human remains detection, and Vira is the star of his pack of cadaver dogs he’s dubbed The Finders. After Vira finds the dead body of the mother, former supermodel Calley Kurtz, everyone is on high alert to find Druckman’s missing daughter before the five-year-old disappears forever. But the trail Vira f...

ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Keepers (A Mace Reid K-9 Mystery) by Jeffrey B. Burton

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  Publication Date:  June 29, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:  Mystery  Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:  288 pages Buy: Hardcover  |  Kindle  Synopsis Mason “Mace” Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection―that is, he trains dogs to hunt for dead bodies. He calls his pack of cadaver dogs The Finders, and his prize pupil is a golden retriever named Vira. When Mace Reid and Vira are called in to search Washington Park at three o'clock in the morning, what they find has them running for their very lives. The trail of murder and mayhem Mace and CPD Officer Kippy Gimm have been following leads them to uncover treachery and corruption at the highest level, and their discoveries do not bode ...

(42) Death Scent

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Title : Death Scent by SV Wolf Publisher: Black Rose Writing 252 Pages Genre: Mystery - Native American Folklore I received this book through netgalley.com - it was released in April 2012 Synopsis:  Titan is a Death Dog (trained to detect human remains), belonging to an undisclosed sect of the Shawnee Nation, which provides special services to the highest levels of U.S. Law Enforcement. The sect members all possess superior skills, most involved with the tracking and sometimes killing, of the most grievous of perpetrators. Titan though is not only a specially trained dog, he also possess supernatural abilities such as seeing and speaking to the spirits of the dead. As he matures he slowly learns of new gifts and uses them as he is pressed into service through a series of murders of young women. Titan embarks along with his handler (daughter of the sect chief) and other sect members on a suspense filled hunt for the killer; tracking down the victims with Titan's fine ...