A killer has been unleashed...
In the small town of Labrador Falls, you can't teach an old dog new tricks. That's why the vicious gossip about Juliette Macintyre will never fade, even though Juliette herself is a pumpkin-spice-loving, dog-rescuing, literal ray of sunshine. So when someone strangles Maurice Allsop, the town's most hated curmudgeon, using a leash from Juliette's dog grooming business, she's automatically the prime suspect.
Some people think the police are barking up the wrong tree, including Juliette's sister, her best friend and, strangely, the owner of the Brewed Awakening café. Joel Cunningham is an enigma wrapped in a checked shirt and a scowl, but it turns out he's a pretty good amateur detective. Even though it's hard to trust a man who claims he doesn't like dogs...
Between staking out the dog park and learning that the residents of their cozy little town have more than a few skeletons in their closets, Joel and Juliette get closer to the truth...and each other. But digging up clues puts them in the path of a killer desperate enough to strike again. And if they can't solve the case soon, Joel and Juliette won't be just playing dead...