"Berenson throws dog lovers a treat they will relish." - Publishers Weekly.Melanie Travis is back. Now, the Connecticut teacher and single mother returns to elite canine circles, this time as the owner and handler of her own pedigreed poodle - and uncovers a killer lurking among the dogged handlers and their prize-winning pets. It's not easy being the underdog, but what Melanie Travis and her five-month-old pup lack in experience, they make up in enthusiasm. Melanie signs up for a breed-handling class at Connecticut's classiest obedience school - only to have her education cut short by sudden death. Melanie, with her unerring nose for detection, smells murder.