LEE CHARLES KELLEY'S NOVELS
The Continuing Adventures of Jack and Jamie
"For those who haven't read Kelley's mysteries, he's good. He knows how to plot. He writes about interesting people in unpleasant and sometimes dangerous situations. He manages to pass along some dog-training tips in each book, usually without getting pedantic about it. His minor characters are not just scene dressing; they matter to the story. Kelley's books are a quiet pleasure.” - P. J. Coldren
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The Airedale Heiress by Lee Charles Kelley
(former title, A Nose for Murder)
Jack Field was a good detective, but he liked dogs more than he did people. So he took early retirement from the NYPD, bought a kennel in Maine, hoping to start a new life as a dog trainer. Then he fell in love with Jamie Cutter, a smart and sexy part-time medical examiner. One cold winter night, as they're having a romantic dinner, Jamie's beeper goes off. A body has been found. The victim is Allison De Marco, a former client of Jack's; he trained her Airedale, Ginger. Now Allison is lying dead on her kitchen floor, while Ginger is tied up in the back yard, whining and freezing her tail off.
What can he do? Jack has to help Ginger, which is when his detective skills take over again.
"If you like mysteries and you like dogs, then this is the perfect book. The mystery is beautifully written, fast-paced and engrossing." - Delia Ephron, screenwriter
(This new, revised version of A Nose for Murder will be available soon.)
Beagle Troubles by Lee Charles Kelley (former title, Murder Unleashed)
In this second book featuring cop turned dog trainer Jack Field, and his medical examiner girlfriend, Dr. Jamie Cutter, a state supreme court judge is found dead in his car, his throat ripped to shreds. The local police think Roark, a boxer belonging to the judge's daughter, is the culprit. He's been found in the car with the judge, his jaws covered in the old man's blood. But Jack Field, who's boarded Roark at his kennel, knows better. So he sets out to battle animal control, the state police, and to find the real killer.
"Besides being a terrific story, with equally terrific characters, the dogs will win your heart. Don't miss this one!” - Rendezvous Magazine
(This new, revised version of Murder Unleashed will be available soon.)
To Collar a Killer by Lee Charles Kelley
Someone's going to great lengths to frame Jack Field for murder, and he's determined to find out why, even though everyone, from a powerful tycoon inventor with government connections to a San Diego drug lord to a couple of comical Maori hitmen, is equally determined to see him doggone dead!
"Smart and witty...the best of mysteries a la canine." - Shirley Rousseau Murphy
’Twas the Bite Before Christmas by Lee Charles Kelley (IMBA bestseller)
Jack and Jamie are hoping to have a quiet evening at home, decorating the Christmas tree, but there's been a murder at the nearby Bright Mansion, located on a cliff along the Maine coast. The maid has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs. Mr. and Mrs. Bright try to frame the victim's boyfriend, but Karl the chaffeur tells Jack about a mysterious professor who have the old couple under some kind of spell, and seems to have the power to come and go from the mansion whenever he pleases, despite the modern security systems. Solving this mystery takes Jack and Jamie on a journey that includes a young boy who needs a kidney transplant, an unknown connection to runaway slaves and the Underground Railroad, a couple of highly trained Doberman attack dogs (who are putty in Jack's hands), a trip to New York City, and finally to the faint possibility that Santa Claus really does exist.
"A mystery with a twist - a jolly good read!" - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bark M for Murder an anthology of short stories and novellas
by J.A. Jance, Virginia Lanier, Chassie West, and Lee Charles Kelley
"The French Poodle Connection" pits Jack Field against a beautiful but possibly deadly client with a yappy poodle named Charlie. In this hommage to the Black Mask stories of Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler, Jack has to keep his wits, and his dog training skills, about him. Or he could be next in this killer's growing hit list.
Dogged Pursuit by Lee Charles Kelley
Jack and Jamie are to be married in two weeks. There are few things more beautiful than a Maine lake on a quiet October afternoon. Unless that lake was the recent dumping ground for a deadly serial killer, who's been outwitting the FBI for nearly fifteen years. Add to that unpleasantness the possibility that the killer's lastest victim, the young girl's body found in that beautiful Maine lake, could be that of Jen Vreeland, one of Jack's favorite employees, who's been missing for several weeks, and the chances are good that this case might ruin Jack and Jamie's upcoming wedding.
"One of the top 10 mysteries for 2006!" - The Poisoned Pen Newsletter
Like a Dog with a Bone by Lee Charles Kelley
Jack and Jamie return from their honeymoon in Mexico, intent on doing a favor for a fellow traveler from Maine, one Reggie Durban, who wants Jack to help her father, retired General Lamar McLeary get his fox terrier Mollyto stop constantly digging up yard. The general, who was once a deputy member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been a broken man since his wife ran off to Mexico herself, twenty years earlier. As the general has Molly demonstrate her canine excavation skills in her latest and deepest project, Jack spies what appear to be the bones of a woman's hand lodged in the dirt, with a distinctive sapphire ring on one of the fingers. It's a ring the general gave his wife before she disappeared...
That's when the action starts, and doesn't stop until after one of Jack's friends is nearly killed in a bomb blast, Jamie's life is threatened, and Jack himself is captured and tortured by a behind-the-scenes political power broker.
"Non-stop action. Highly recommended!" - I Love a Mystery
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