Surf’s up . . . and so are the stakes when veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper escapes to the land of hula, hibiscus, and geckos for a professional conference. The last time she and boyfriend Nick Burby touched down on the island of Hawaii, Nick caused a volcanic eruption when he unexp...
Got the whole series for Christmas and will work my way through them before the semester resumes (thanks, Melanie!). The concept for the series as a whole is that of full-time veterinarian and part-time sleuth Jessica Popper and her dogs Lou and Max who happen upon crimes in the course of their ...
A charity dog show has Jessica hitting the road with her faithful one-eyed Dalmatian, Lou, and her tailless Westie, Max, for the palatial summer estates of Long Island's fabled East End. When she arrives, the posh seaside community is crawling with stars eager to take best in show for their belov...
When it comes to sleuthing, she's not horsing around... When full-time vet and part-time sleuth Jessica Popper is asked to treat a billionaire's ailing horse, she gets a deadly glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich and felonious…. Murder gallops after Jessie when an emergency call sends the t...
Can a vet detective catch a killer who's hopping mad? Veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper races down the rabbit hole and into a vintage case of passion and betrayal in Long Island's elite wine country in... Hare Today, Dead Tomorrow It's harvest time, but this season's crop includes...
When it comes to murder this sleuth isn't pussyfootin' around... Veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper takes center stage in the cast of an up-and-coming Long Island playwright’s last production—and the fur flies as Jess finds the theater world littered with clues to Simon Wainwright’s ...
—Susan Heller Ten days later, as Mallory stood at the baggage claim at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, waiting for her bag to emerge, she couldn't help noticing that her fellow travelers’ suitcases and carry-ons bore a disproportionate number of Burberry, Coach, and Fendi labels. Or that parked ...
Laura muttered to herself, lifting a shopping bag of homemade goodies out of the trunk of her car. “Better yet: Mrs. Doubtfire.” It wasn’t that she didn’t have experience with children. Eight years with Evan, after all, had provided her with an impressive array of skills, everything from wiping n...
—Samuel Butler I used to believe that only kindergarten students got first-day-of-school jitters, but I definitely had that familiar why-can’t-I-just-go-home-and-crawl-back-into-bed feeling the next day as I once again drove my van through the imposing gates of the Worth School. Worse, even, sinc...
—James Russell Lowell Mallory was gripped with anxiety as she drove to her meeting with Phil’s ex-wife, Patrice. She clutched the steering wheel tightly, her sweaty palms causing her hands to slip every time she made a turn. Even the fact that their rendezvous was taking place at a McDonald’s tha...
Wait until you hear what has happened!” There was a jubilant expression on Alain’s face when Kristy came out of her last class of the morning and found him out in the hall, waiting for her. His green eyes were shining, and the smile on his face was so big and bright that it made his entire face l...
With the team breaking up into pairs every day, she and Russ working together at Dr. Wells’s suggestion, she saw little of her during the day. In the evening, when Cassie and her partner, Mariah, returned, they were all too busy working independently for there to be much interaction. By the time ...