About the Book Just when life in Glenwood had seemingly gotten back to normal for Emma Rogers and friends, things start to heat up. Again! Unfortunately, it's not long before the girls and their canine counterparts find themselves back in the thick of it. Tragedy strikes at a Pennsylvania dog show when a handler and several dogs are found dead. Emma, Joanie, and Sally are dumbfounded when they hear the news. At first, nothing is known about the deaths, what caused them, or why. But when more dogs perish at a show the girls are attending, speculation abounds that the deaths are not from natural causes. There are striking similarities between the two incidents, especially the fact that all the targeted dogs are black. Little does Emma know that her beloved Newfoundland, Cole, now occupies the number slot on the hit list. Meanwhile, life at home slips from relative calm to the chaos with which the girls are well acquainted. Emma's Aunt Agnes decides to take spacey but likable Tammy under her wing; customer, Angie "the-mouth" Newmann, is headed for destruction at Emma and Joanie's hands; Ben and Emma's relationship is turned up a notch (or is it down?) ; the shop is vandalized and that's only the start of it. Tank, the devilish Terrier, is turning Joanie's life upside down; Kirby, the food-mooching Lab takes a walk on the wild side; and once again Sally finds herself in the role of a gun-wielding protector. Cole, usually the steady one in the group, even raises a little havoc when temptation proves too great for the usually well-mannered dog. Oddly enough, there's plenty of fun and laughter along the way as the girls unknowingly inch ever closer to a confrontation with a disturbed young woman intent on inflicting death in her vindictive bid for retribution.