The Dog Sitter Detective

By Antony Johnston,

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Meet Gwinny, an unlikely bloodhound, and her four-legged friends determined to dig up the truth.

Penniless Gwinny Tuffel is delighted to attend her good friend Tina's upmarket wedding. But when the big day ends with a dead body and not a happily-ever-after, Gwinny is left with a situation as crooked…

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1 author picked The Dog Sitter Detective as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I grew up reading classic mysteries—Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and way more—so I love a good amateur detective thrown into the midst of a case, working it in their own inimitable style.

Antony Johnston's Dogsitter Detective (soon to be followed by a second volume) absolutely nails this conceit while updating it to the modern era. Aging actress Gwinny Tuffel not only finds herself embroiled in a murder at her friend's country house wedding but has to solve it with a pair of dogs in tow!

It's charming, it's fun, and don't worry: nothing bad happens to the…

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