One Flew Over the Chow-Chow's Nest

<p><strong><em>The world moves toward normal but Marcia's life is rarely normal...</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>Newly vaccinated Marcia Banks can finally schedule the human phase of training with her Air Force pilot client-the soon-to-be owner of a Chow-Husky service dog named Bear. But when she calls to set things up she's informed that the veteran has been in a private psychiatric hospital for months with no one allowed to visit due to Covid.</p><p> </p><p>Marcia puts out feelers to find out what is going on and suddenly he is discharged...only to have his private plane crash in a fiery ball two days later. Convinced this is no coincidence Marcia attempts to find out how her veteran client became the target of a murderer.</p><p> </p><p>What she uncovers looks suspiciously like a scheme to defraud the Veterans' Administration. But who's behind it and did they sabotage her client's plane? Or did the saboteur have a more personal motive?</p><p> </p><p>And just how determined are they to silence Marcia?</p><p> </p><p>(Note: The end of the pandemic is the backdrop for this story but it focuses on the optimism and relief of the spring of 2021 in the U.S.)</p>