“Dog fighting meets murder in the latest case for veterinarian Rachel Goddard and her boyfriend, Sheriff’s investigator Tom Bridger. …Parshall’s latest is more than equal to earlier series entries (Broken Places, 2010, etc.), with spine-chilling tension from cover to cover.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“In Agatha-winner Parshall’s well-paced fourth mystery featuring Virginia veterinarian Rachel Goddard (after 2010’s Broken Places), it appears a pack of feral stray dogs killed Dr. Gordon Hall, one of Mason County’s most prominent citizens, but deputy sheriff Tom Bridger suspects a vicious human killer used his dog as a murder weapon. While Tom tries to identify Hall’s killer and close down an illegal dog fighting operation, Rachel and her vet assistant, Holly Turner, must act fast to catch the strays and save them from being shot by local farmers. As Rachel gets entangled in Tom’s investigation, Rachel and Holly come too close for comfort to the leaders of the dog-fighting ring—and the killer.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Believable, sympathetic protagonists; a beautifully evoked setting; a haunting crime–an un-put-down-able read.”
—Deborah Crombie, author of Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James mysteries