Hounded to Death — Melissa Cleary

CITIZEN CANINE
It's the dog days of summer--but the contest for the Palmer election is already heating up. Jackie Walsh is intrigued when she discovers that one of the candidates has a mistress... especially when the curvy blonde is strangled to death. But the loyal Jake has to protect his own meddling mistress when she takes it upon herself to investigate...

HAVE DOG, WILL INVESTIGATE
Her marriage kaput and her future a little shaky, Jackie Walsh is back in the movies...teaching film at Rodgers U. But she's fast discovering that her real talent lies in detection, especially with the ex-police dog Jake at her side. Now they're nosing around together--in a terrific new mystery series!