Dogs Are Cozy, Too! (Dog Mysteries)

As this is my last post-dated blog which will appear before I get back from my summer trip, I thought that I would give the dogs in our lives equal time. I know that cats are typically what most of us think of when we think of a "cozy animal"… to go with the white-haired sleuth, no less! Gone are those days! Now we have young sleuths who manage their professions along with their family lives. But… I'm not going to be focusing on the sleuths… rather on their dogs. So, here are the site's authors with dog themes in their mysteries.

I will start out with the White House Pet Detectives: Tales of Crime and Mystery at the White House from a Pet's Eye View. It is an anthology which was edited by Carole Nelson Douglas. In it, you will find stories by some of your favorite mystery authors.

There are some veterinarians and veterinary technicians who have series all of their own! Dr. Nightingale is the veterinarian  in the Deirdre Quinn Nightingale series by Lydia Adamson.  And Karen Ann Wilson writes the Samantha Holt Mystery series. While Samantha is not a full-fledged veterinarian, she is a veterinary technician. 

Cynthia Baxter's series is called Reigning Cats & Dogs. The series name lets you know that this series will have puppies and dogs, galore!

Carol Lea Benjamin knows all about training dogs… and I don't mean just her dog Dash!

Laurien Berenson writes the very popular cozy mystery series that features a Special Education teacher who participates in dog shows.

Michael Bond's Monsieur Pamplemousse series has Pommes Frites, Monsieur's dog. With a dog named French Fries, is it any wonder that Monsieur's business is restaurants!?!

Rita Mae Brown fans know Tucker (the Corgi) in her Mrs. Murphy series. But a lot of us are just becoming aware of Brown's new series about foxhunting… and could you ever "foxhunt" without the horses and hounds?

Claudius, a Siberian Husky/German Shepherd mix is Annie O'Hare's sidekick in the mystery series that is written by Ann Campbell. Annie owns an antique shop, and Claudius owns Annie's love and devotion!

The Melissa Cleary cozy mystery series is known as the Dog Lovers Mystery series, and features Jake, with his professor Jackie Walsh.

And no cozy mystery book list featuring dogs would be complete without Susan Conant's Holly Winter mystery series. Holly is a writer for Dog's Life Magazine and also a dog trainer.

Sue Henry's first cozy series featured Jessie Arnold, a dog sled racer in Anchorage. She now has a new series about a widow in her 60s (Maxine McNab) who travels in her RV, accompanied by her Mini Dachshund, who could only be called "Stretch!"

Lee Charles Kelley is a dog trainer (along with being an author!) who writes the Continuing Adventures of Jack & Jamie Mystery Series which happens to feature a dog trainer/dog kennel owner/ex-NYPD detective.

Leslie O'Kane writes the Allie Babcock Mysteries. Don't all dogs deserve a dog therapist? And, Allie not only solves their problems, but she also solves mysteries! 

Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak mystery series has Mutt, a half-wolf/half Husky playing second fiddle to  Kate, an ex-investigator and current sleuth, in Alaska.

Nina Wright, who writes the Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery Series which features Whiskey's Afghan Hound, Abra.

There are two authors who feature dog trackers in their mystery series: Donna Ball's series' dog is a Golden Retriever named Cisco. He keeps an eye on Raines Stockton, the North Carolina ex-tracker. Virginia Lanier's series features JoBeth Siddens, who is a Bloodhound trainer and tracker.

While I was working on this Cozy Mystery Dog Theme List, I came across some books about dogs that look like they would be a lot of fun… They are not mysteries, but with titles like they have, if you are a dog lover, you might enjoy checking them out:

Why Do Dogs Drink Out of the Toilet?: 101 of the Most Perplexing Questions Answered About Canine Conundrums, Medical Mysteries and Befuddling Behaviors, by Marty Becker & Gina Spadafori

bowWOW!: Curiously Compelling Facts, True Tales, and Trivia Even Your Dog Won't Know, by D.V.M., Marty Becker, Gina Spadafori, &  Molly Pearce (Illustrator)

Dogs For Dummies - A Reference for The Rest Of Us!, by Gina Spadafori; Foreword by Marty Becker 

Let's Dance: a Beginner's Guide to Dancing with Your Dog by Donna Ball

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