Death on Torrid Ave. (Secret Sleuth Book 2)

Paws for murder Far from the publishing world that once defined her Sheila Mackey has found a new life a new home and a new love. The love has four legs a plumey tail and a lot of fur. Meet Gracie the rescue collie. Too smart for her own good - certainly too smart for Sheilas good when Gracie discovers a dead body during a dog park gambol. Especially since Sheila delves into mysteries surrounding this dead body ... only to discover the new guy at the Torrid Avenue Dog Park is a barely retired cop. Not good for an amateur sleuth with a big secret of her own that she intends to keep. Shes not exactly who she says she is. At least shes not who she pretended to be for 15 years. Will Sheila untangle the murder mystery before her secrets are untied exposing her previous identity to her new small-town neighbors? And will Gracie ever learn the Quiet! command? This whodunit with humor is the second book in USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinns new cozy mystery series Secret Sleuth which begins with a murder on a transatlantic cruise in Death on the Diversion. In Death on Torrid Avenue and later books accidental investigator Sheila Mackey returns to dry land in the Midwest where mysteries abound in her new small-town home. On the spectrum of McLinns mystery novels the Caught Dead in Wyoming cozy series is in the middle Proof of Innocence is edgier (and has more romance) and Secret Sleuth is a bit less edgy. Secret Sleuth series Death on the Diversion Death on Torrid Avenue Death on Beguiling Way Death on Covert CircleDeath on Shady BridgeDeath on Carrion LaneMore cozy mystery from Patricia McLinn: Caught Dead in WyomingSign OffLeft HangingShoot FirstLast DitchLook LiveBack StoryCold OpenHot RollReaction ShotBody Brace