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Sleeping Dogs Lie
2021
First Published
3.60
Average Rating
80
Number of Pages

2 hours, 8 minutes From the internationally best-selling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It comes a twisted, entertaining novella about a dog walker swept into a criminal investigation when her client winds up dead. Shelby works as a dog walker in Northern California, and she’s just finished up her biweekly trip to the park with a husky named Pluto. When she brings him back to his house, she finds his owner—Todd Burke, a well-known local businessman and founder of an organic supplements company—dead on the bathroom floor. As a detective interviews Shelby, a medical examiner inspects the body, and more cops search Todd’s home, it becomes clear that the victim’s life was less picture-perfect than his clean-cut persona might lead you to believe.

Avg Rating
3.60
Number of Ratings
5,630
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Author

Samantha Downing
Samantha Downing
Author · 6 books

Samantha Downing is the author of the bestselling My Lovely Wife, nominated for the Edgar, ITW, Macavity awards in the US, the CWA award in the UK, and the winner of the Prix des Lectrices award in France. Her latest novel, For Your Own Good, was released on July 20, 2021 and was an instant USA Today bestseller. A Twisted Love Story is her fourth novel and will be released on July 18, 2023.

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