Samantha Downing

From the internationally bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and For Your Own Good comes a twisted, entertaining novella about a dog walker swept into a criminal investigation when her client winds up dead. Shelby works as a dog walker in northern California, and she’s just finished up her bi-weekly trip to the park with a husky named Pluto. When she brings him back to his house, she finds his owner—Todd Burke, a well-known local businessman and founder of an organic supplements company—lying on the bathroom floor, dead. A detective arrives on the scene. As she interviews Shelby, the body is inspected by a medical examiner, and more cops search Todd’s home, it becomes clear that the victim’s life was less picture-perfect than his clean-cut persona might lead you to believe.

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Kylie Robinson

The funny thing about childhood is how unimportant so many "big" things turn out to be. Where I grew up, the city or state. How I grew up-rich or poor, with siblings or without, married parents or divorced. What I had-a lot of toys or none, nice clothes or hand-me-downs, a big circle of friends or just one. None of that mattered, not a single bit. What was important, what I remember so clearly, is that when I came home, someone was there waiting for me, always. Someone was happy to see me, always. Because we had a dog. This is why people love them. They're always happy to see you, always excited when you walk in the door. In fact, their whole world revolves around you. Dogs are pack animals by nature, and their owner is their pack. You are the sun they orbit.

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