Sniffing Out Murder -- Kallie E. Benjamin, Paperback

When a murder unleashes a widespread investigation through Crosbyville, children's book author Pris and her trusty bloodhound, Bailey, must sniff out the truth before the whole town goes to the dogs.

After deciding that life as a teacher wasn't right for her, Priscilla found inspiration for her first children's book in her three-year-old bloodhound's nose for truth, and so The Adventures of Bailey the Bloodhound was born. After the book's massively pawsitive response led Pris to move back to her hometown of Crosbyville, Indiana, to continue the series, she's surprised by how things have changed in the town, but even more so how they haven't.

Pris is frustrated to discover that newly elected school board trustee Whitney Kelley--a former high school mean girl--is intent on making Crosbyville more competitive by eliminating "frivolous spending" on the arts and social programs, including Pris and Bailey's beloved pet-assisted reading program. A minor altercation between them isn't anything unusual, but after Bailey sniffs out Whitney's body in a bed of begonias, locals start hounding Pris and Bailey as suspects for the crime.

With Bailey's sharp senses and Pris's hometown know-how, can they prove to the community that they're all barking up the wrong tree?

Author: Kallie E. Benjamin
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.12w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780593547359

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2023
Library Journal 11/01/2023 pg. 43
Booklist 11/01/2023 pg. 32

About the Author
Valerie Burns, writing as Kallie E. Benjamin, is the author of three mystery series. She is a mentor in the Master of Fine Arts program for writing popular fiction at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, where she earned her own MFA degree. Kallie currently lives in North Georgia with her two poodles, Kensington and Chloe.