When her best friend Dixie is suspected of killing a dog show judge, Lilly must bring one sick puppy to heel . . .

Tennessee transplant Lilly Echosby has two great loves: dogs and mysteries. So naturally she’s named her poodles Aggie, after Agatha Christie, and Rex, for Rex Stout. Now that she has two dogs to manage, it makes sense to enter Aggie in an obedience competition—especially since her instructor is Lilly’s gal pal, Scarlet “Dixie” Jefferson.

But when one of the judges for the competition turns out to be Dixie’s high school rival, the dog trainer gets hot under the collar. When the woman is found strangled, Dixie becomes the number one suspect. With the help of the other dog club members, Lilly must find the real killer—before the next judge Dixie tangles with throws the book at her . . .

Lilly’s best pal Scarlett “Dixie” Jefferson has done it again! She’s convinced eccentric poodle-loving billionaire Archibald Lowry to sponsor a grand fundraiser for the Eastern Tennessee Poodle Rescue.

Lillian Echosby is settling into her new life in Eastern Tennessee with her new puppy, Aggie. When she has to go away for a week of training for her new job, she has to figure out what to do with Aggie.

When Lillian Echosby is asked to foster a poodle rescued after its owner, Harrison Littlefield, is found dead, she is thrilled. She shouldn’t get attached, but who can resist that cute little face.

After two children and twenty-five years of marriage, Lillian Echosby’s husband has decided to trade his 40-year-old wife in for a 20-year-old exotic dancer. Initially, bereft at the idea, Lillian comes to realize the end…