A New Leash on Death [Paperback]

Susan Conant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1990

Holly Winter's life is going to the dogs, but that's just fine with her. She's a feisty, 30-something dog-lover, and her expertise in the breeding, training, and caring for canines is just one of her inbred talents. She's also a grand champion at tracking down criminals of the two-legged kind. When a dog owner is murdered at a training session, Holly enlists the victim's big Malamute to find the killer.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Diamond Books (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557733856
• ISBN-13: 978-1557733856
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,291,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts. The best friends of my childhood were pointers named Stuffy and Nonny. I had imaginary companions as well: a cat named Thirsty Melirsty Medrinkable, a family of dogs, and parents called Mommy and Daddy Suh. Thirsty and the dog family slowly faded away. The Suhs, however, perished suddenly; they ate fish guts and died. My career as a mystery writer thus began in early childhood: I invented animals, and I killed off fictional human beings.

Now, many decades later, I live just outside Boston. My husband is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Cambridge. Our daughter, Jessica, who is also my coauthor, lives in New Hampshire with her husband and their young son. My husband and I have an Alaskan malamute, Django (pronounced 'Jango') and two Chartreux cats, Kansas City (K.C.) and Shadow Celeste. The malamutes in my Holly Winter books are composites, but the cats in Scratch the Surface, Edith and Brigitte, are portraits of my own Chartreux.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful weekend read!, May 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A New Leash on Death (Paperback)

What a great story for dog lover's! I think I finally understand how obedience titles are awarded. Miss Conant draws the reader into the cozy Cambridge world and successfully portrays the unusual relationships that often form in dog training classes. People from such diverse backgrounds join together with one thing in common - a love of dogs! She accurately depicts some of the eccentric and frankly, zany personalities one finds in the dog show world. Her relationship with her vet adds further intersting and romantic plot direction. Her insights into how we all cope with the loss of our best friends were very touching. I enjoyed the book immensely and look forward to reading others in her series.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ms. Conant has done extremely well!, April 21, 1998

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KitchenSharkMama "MicahBina" (NC,, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A New Leash on Death (Paperback)

Hoving spent as much times at shows as I have, her knowledge leads one to believe she has as well! Her people and animal companions come alive and she obviously has a love for dogs that that only a true "dog person" has. I have read all of her series, but this one holds a special place in my heart. A must read for any dog lover as well as mystery buff!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A extremely good read, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A New Leash on Death (Paperback)

this is one of my all time favorites and has to be one of the best books i ever read. an exellent beginning to an extremely good series.