Susan Conant

When Dog's Life columnist Holly Winter rejects applicants who want to adopt homeless dogs, she makes a lot of enemies. In dogs Holly trusts, and the dogs she trusts most are her beloved malamutes, Rowdy, Kimi and Sammy. But right now she could use a human friend. Lately, it seems wherever she turns, things go wrong: an anonymous call turns vicious, her husband is keeping secrets, and acquaintances die under mysterious circumstances. Then Holly's own...

The future looks promising for Holly Winter. Her regular column in Dog's Life magazine is going strong. Her successful new dog-treat cookbook - 101 Ways to Cook Liver - has canine-lovers (and her own Alaskan malamutes) panting in anticipation. And she's about to marry Steve Delaney, her handsome veterinarian. More the pity that murder is spoiling the mood. And Holly can't help but take it personally..

Chloe Carter is a boy-crazy 20-something gourmand who lives in Brighton, Mass. She thinks she might have found both romantic and gastronomic satisfaction in Eric Rafferty, a foodie she meets online. But their first date is a bust: Eric is a dolt, and he winds up getting stabbed before dessert. Chloe later falls for gorgeous Josh Driscoll, a chef acquaintance of Eric's. But Josh has a temper-and it turns out he owned the knife that killed Eric. Chloe...

It's a recipe for disaster when Chloe Carter takes a job working for a cookbook writer-and plunges into a sizzling stew of malice and murder   If you can't take the heat . . .   Gourmet girl Chloe Carter is keeping busy with grad school and spoiling her best friend's three-month-old son. Now, courtesy of Craigslist, she has a new job as assistant to cookbook author Kyle Boucher-a job that stirs up painful memories of her ex-boyfriend Josh, who...

Foodie and sometimes sleuth Chloe Carter takes on Beantown to solve a murder by food processor After months between gigs, Chloe Carter's dishy boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, has just landed his dream job: executive chef at Simmer, Boston's soon-to-be hottest new restaurant. As Josh preps for a New Year's Eve grand opening, Chloe, on winter break from grad school, hooks him up with Food for Thought, an annual charity fundraiser. It seems like a win-win-Simmer...