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Training service dogs shouldn't be dangerous...should it?
Marcia Banks has an unusual name (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) and a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for military veterans with PTSD. And when the former Marine owner of her first trainee is accused of murdering his wife, she gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation—amateur sleuth.

Called in to dog-sit Buddy, the Black Labrador service dog, Marcia is outraged that his veteran owner's neighbors are assuming he's guilty. With Buddy's help, she tries to uncover the real killer. Even after the hunky local sheriff politely tells her to butt out, Marcia keeps poking around. Until the killer finally pokes back...

(Note: no dogs die in this series; all the titles are take-offs from classic book, movie or song titles.)