When Beanie fosters a basset hound from Lakeside Shelter, she's headed for calamity one way or another. Beanie and Cruiser hit the crime trail once again after a reviled shelter manager is discovered euthanized. Tahoe Animal Impoundment Liberation Society (TAILS) is prime suspect in her murder, but there are others among Lake Tahoe's irate dog lovers. Beanie seeks an adopter for crazy Calamity at the Basset Waddle, but Calamity has other ideas. When Cruiser mysteriously vanishes at the Waddle, Beanie stumbles into a trap intended to put an end to the investigation along with her and Cruiser. Cruiser and Calamity are "braced" for murder when they pair up to track a killer and save Beanie from a cruel death at the dog pound.