The House on Bloodhound Lane — Virginia Lanier

SOMEWHERE DEEP BENEATH THE EARTH IN THE WOODS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, A MAN IS BURIED. ALIVE. WITH FOOD AND WATER, AND THE TERRIBLE KNOWLEDGE OF WHO IT WAS THAT DID THIS TO HIM. PRAYING FOR RESCUE BUT ACCEPTING DEATH, HE WAITS...

As her thirtieth birthday looms closer, Jo Beth Sidden doesn't think her resolution to give up smoking is such a good idea. Especially since she's in the middle of expanding her bloodhound tracking business, and six law enforcement officers are about to show up for a week-long course, using the dogs she has been training.

Of course things can only get worse. But Jo Beth won't let herself panic -- until she learns that not only is her violent ex-husband out on parole but a high-profile kidnapping may be too cold to track. Fearing the worst, Jo Beth is drawn into the rescue attempt of her career. As always, her secret weapon is to depend on the best friend any woman could have: a droopy-eared, drooling, one-year-old, blind-from-birth bloodhound, the only creature smart enough to save her life and the day.