Part of Series
Chief administrator Lauren Vancouver knew something was wrong the moment Brittany Brandewyn showed up crying at HotRescues ready to relinquish her beloved Chihuahua Kirbee forever. Lauren can’t figure out why—until she learns that Brittany ’s neighbor, whose track record includes dog abuse, has been found murdered, and all paws point to Brittany as the culprit. About to be arrested, Brittany has no one else to care for her beloved dog. Can Lauren find the real killer before Chihuahua chaos conquers all and Brittany and Kirbee are separated forever? Chihuahua Chaos is a novella in the mode of the Pet Rescue Mysteries, which Linda O. Johnston writes for Berkley Prime Crime. It’s a cozy mystery series centered around HotRescues, a no-kill pet shelter in Los Angeles. Its chief administrator Lauren Vancouver, the protagonist of the series, will do anything to save dogs and cats and make sure they have wonderful new homes—even solve murder mysteries.
Author
Linda O. Johnston's first published fiction appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Since then, Linda has had more short stories and novellas published, plus, by the end of 2018, she will have had fifty novels published, including mysteries and romance. Linda currently writes the Barkery and Biscuits Mysteries cozy mystery series for Midnight Ink, and also wrote the Superstition Mysteries for them, both featuring dogs. She has also written the Pet Rescue Mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime, which was a spinoff from her Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series. And yes, they involved dogs, too. Linda also writes for Harlequin Romantic Suspense, including a new miniseries about a K-9 ranch where dogs are trained. Linda additionally writes paranormal romance for Harlequin Nocturne including the Alpha Force miniseries about a covert military unit of shapeshifters—and all the werewolves also have cover dogs. Linda, a currently inactive transactional attorney, now writes fiction full-time. She is a member of the Los Angeles chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She is also a member of Romance Writers of America, including the Los Angeles, Orange County and Santa Clarita chapters.
