Bark If It’s Murder

V.M. Burns

Aug 2019 · A Dog Club Mystery Book 3 · Lyrical Press

About this eBook

Lilly Echosby just witnessed a murder on a pet cam. Or did she?

When a last-minute opportunity arises to accompany her boss to an art auction in Atlanta, Lilly throws some money at the problem of where to board her toy poodle Aggie (short for Agatha Christie). Posh Pet Haven offers the most luxurious canine accommodations in all of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The place even provides pet cams so anxious owners can check in on their pampered pooches.

But when Lilly tries to take a peek at her poodle, she gets a terrible shock—she witnesses what she’s sure is a murder. She thinks the victim may be the wealthy co-owner of Pet Haven. The police follow her lead but find no body, no evidence of a crime, and no video record. Starting to feel like the dog owner who cried wolf, Lilly decides to go undercover to catch a killer who may be hiding in plain sight ...

Ratings and reviews

You know that feeling when you settle into a tub of just-right water with time to relax. Your muscles unwind and the world and its demands move just a little out of focus, and you just sigh! That is the feeling I got when I read the first page of Bark If It's Murder, the 3rd book in the Dog Club Mystery series by V.M. Burns. I was right where I wanted to be, curled up around a wonderful read and the world faded away, and it just got better from there. I love everything about the book, the characters, the relationships, the mystery, the dogs, but with V.M. Burns books, as with all my really, really favorite authors, the writing makes me settle happily into the book before I even see the whole picture. That is talent! I also loved that I saw the series title really come into play.

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About the author

Valerie (V. M.) Burns is a mystery writer whose novels and short stories have been finalists for the Agatha, Anthony, Edgar, and Next Generation Indie Book Awards. She is the author of the Mystery Bookshop, Dog Club, RJ Franklin, and Baker Street Mystery series. Valerie is a member of Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, and the Crime Writers' Association. She is also an adjunct professor in the Writing Popular Fiction Program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. Born and raised in northwestern Indiana, Valerie now lives in the southeastern United States with her two poodles. Connect with Valerie at VMBurns.com.