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Little Star

(17,055 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 03:44 PM Apr 2013

Raine Stockton Dog Mysteries by Donna Ball, anyone read this series?

Raine Stockton is just a small town girl from the mountains of North Carolina with money problems,men problems, and dog problems. She does the best she can to balance her full-time boarding kennel and dog-training business, her part time forest-service job, and her volunteer therapy dog and wilderness search-and-rescue work while trying to keep her mischievous Golden Retriever, Cisco-- not to mention the rest of her canine crew-- under control. It would be a lot easier if she didn't keep getting distracted by murder...

Dogs, as they say, will be dogs. But these guys will leave their paw prints all over your heart.


Looks like there's 8 books in the series so far:
http://rainestocktondogmysteries.blogspot.com/p/books.html

What's not to like? Dogs and the Smoky Mountains sound good to me.

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Raine Stockton Dog Mysteries by Donna Ball, anyone read this series? (Original Post) Little Star Apr 2013 OP
Another animal series matt819 Apr 2013 #1
I just started reading the 1st one based on your Lex Apr 2013 #2

matt819

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1. Another animal series
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 06:14 PM
Apr 2013

I'm not sure if animal series qualify as "chick lit," (and, yes, I realize the term could be mildly offensive, but I hope my fellow readers will not quibble), but I'm hooked on the Pru Marlowe series by Clea Simon: Cats Can't Shoot, Dogs Don't Lie, and Parrots Prove Deadly, which just came out.

And why are most of the dogs in dog series, or where dogs are major characters, have to be golden retrievers? Especially when everyone objectively knows that jack russells are cuter and smarter and all around better dogs . There's Dean Koontz with his retrievers, and David Rosenfelt with his Tara.

As for the series you mention, if you like books set in the NC mountains, try the Buryin' Barry series from Mark DeCastrique.

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