When the stuffed capybara that was intended to form the centrepiece of a new display goes missing, Max Falconer and his colleagues follow its trail from the museum to a conservation studio in East Lothian and then to the home of a freelance taxidermist in the Highlands, uncovering one mystery after another along the way. There is no apparent connection at first with the workshop that Max's friend Philippa Campbell is due to run for the employees of a company that imports and distributes shop mannequins, or with the fact that Fiona Armstrong, in a cottage near Blair Atholl, finds herself unexpectedly looking after her next-door neighbour's dog. But somehow all these events become inextricably linked together, with the consequences being more serious for some than others.
This is Book 2 of the Max Falconer Mysteries