A Mysterious Review of …
Dog in the Manger by Mike Resnick. An Eli Paxton Mystery.
Review summary: This reissue of a mystery first published in 1997 is a real pleasure, featuring a Cincinnati PI, who has a captivating charm on a case that continues to confound him the longer he pursues it. A most welcome sequel is scheduled to be published in June 2013. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Dog in the Manger
Mike Resnick
An Eli Paxton Mystery
Seventh Street Books (November 2012)
Publisher synopsis: A dog is missing. Not just any dog. The number one Weimaraner in the country and current Westminster winner.
Down-on-his-luck private eye Eli Paxton is hired to find him. Not exactly an elite assignment, but better than nothing. Maybe it will help him pay his rent.
It turns out to be anything but a routine case. People start dying in mysterious ways, a cargo plane goes missing, and someone is taking shots at him. It makes no sense. Even a top show dog isn't worth that much.
Now the hunt is on. Paxton needs to find this dog to save his own skin. The trail leads to Arizona, then Mexico, and finally back to his hometown of Cincinnati …
Where he finds the startling solution.
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