Dog Helps Those: A Golden Retriever Mystery: Volume 3 (Golden Retriever Mysteries)

It’s almost time for graduation, and Eastern College is in trouble. A prominent alumna is dead, and a faulty computer program is jeopardizing student records and financial aid. It’s up to Steve and Rochester to dig into the situation and retrieve the culprits! Rita Gaines wasn’t a nice person—but she did love her dogs, and most of her clients respected her financial acumen and her talent in training dogs for agility trials. When she’s found dead, there’s a long line of potential suspects from Wall Street whiz kids to doting doggie daddies-- including one of Steve’s former students. Felae is an art prodigy now studying with Steve’s girlfriend, Lili, chair of Eastern’s Fine Arts department, and Rita hated his controversial senior project. When she tried to have his scholarship cancelled, he threatened to kill her. But is he the villain behind her death? In between helping Steve’s high school friend Rick track the killer, Rochester practices darting around weave poles and jumping over limbo poles while Steve helps shepherd the college toward the completion of another academic year. It’s spring in Stewart’s Crossing, and old friends – and their dogs—gather together to investigate and eventually, to celebrate.

I grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where the golden retriever mysteries are set, and I began writing these books because I fell in love-- with a dog. My golden retriever, Samwise, was my faithful companion for twelve years, and somewhere in the middle of that love affair I thought about writing a book about a guy and his dog. That evolved into In Dog We Trust, the first of my mysteries. Sam crossed over the rainbow bridge a few years ago, but he lives on in my heart and in these books. Now I am the proud papa of two goldens, Brody and Griffin, and they inspire me every day.