Stud Rites Susan Conant Alaskan Malamute Dog Show Mystery Book 1996 HC DJ 1st ed For Sale -

Stud Rites by Susan Conant 1996 Doubleday Hardcover with plastic protected dust jacket 5 3/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches 269 pages. 
Retired library book with usual library markings. No other writing, tears or highlighting.
Stated first edition

(from the dust jacket)

The Washington Post has called Susan Conant\'s Dog Lover\'s Mystery series \"a real tail~wagger for lots of readers,\" and no doubt her many fans have been awaiting Stud Rites - as Kirkus Reviews has put it- \" with ears up and alert eye.\"

Set during an Alaskan Malamute National Specialty Show, Susan Conant\'s latest foray into the competitive world of purebred dogs proves lethal for the judge, who is found bludgeoned to death by a blunt object whose design is as tasteless as the murder itself.

And who might benefit from the judge\'s death? Many, as it turns out - from the woman who has inherited his job to the organizer of the show to the handler whose dog now has a good chance of winning.

Dog\'s Life writer Holly Winter is, of course, on the scene with two dogs entered in the competition. She knows who had access to the murder weapon. But it is a former lover, now working for a firm that specializes in canine reproductive technology, who unwittingly puts her on the trail of the killer. 

Once again, Susan Conant combines an insider\'s knowledge of the world of purebred dog fanciers with an intricately plotted and wittily told mystery that is certain to earn a rousing \"Paws Up!\"- in the words of Publishers Weekly - from lovers of dogs and mysteries alike.

Susan Conant , three~time recipient of the Maxwell Award for fiction writing given by the Dog Writers\' Association of America, lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two cats, and two Alaskan malamutes - Frostfield Firestar\'s Kobuk, CGC, and Frostfield Perfect Crime, called Rowdy. Her work has appeared in Pure-Bred Dogs / American Kennel Gazette and Dog World . She is the author of nine Dog Lover\'s Mysteries and is now at work on Animal .Appetite, her tenth.

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