A Bite of Death — Susan Conant

DOGGED BY DEATH
Holly Winter had her hands full with one dog: Still, when therapist Elaine Walsh is found dead, Holly eagerly adopts the orphaned Kimi--and vows to teach her some manners. But when questions arise about Elaine's death--following close on the heels of a patient's suicide--Holly suspects the misbehaving malamute Kimi might be the key witness. Digging for clues all over Cambridge, Holly hopes to untangle a snarl of secrets--and collar a killer!

A DOG LOVER'S MYSTERY
Holly Winter's life is going to the dogs, but that's just fine with her. She's a feisty, thirty-something dog-lover, born in Maine and settled near Boston, and her expertise in the breeding, training, and caring for man's (and woman's) best friend is just one of her inbred talents--she's also a grand champion at tracking down criminals...the two-legged kind.