{"product_id":"ruff-mcpaw-mysteries-books-1-3-collection-ebook","title":"RUFF MCPAW MYSTERIES: BOOKS 1-3 COLLECTION (EBOOK)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"A cute story to open the series. I loved the moments where we see what Ruff is thinking... cozy mystery fans who love stories with pet detectives will enjoy this book.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Reader's Favorite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBOOK ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuff only meant to chase the ducks. Instead, he found Randy Miller face down in the lake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a town with no bars and about five and a half churches, the Lake House coffee shop is where gossip flows. Barista Angela Atkinson hears all of it. So when beloved carpenter Randy Miller puts up a flyer to sell the truck he has driven for years, Angela knows something is wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe next morning, Randy is dead. Chief Helbar calls it an accidental drowning, but Angela is not convinced, especially when a valuable sculpture vanishes from the town exhibit that same night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Ruff drags home a mud caked boot that may belong to the chief himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen stolen goods turn up hidden in Randy’s widow’s home, she is arrested for the theft and suddenly looks like the obvious suspect in her husband’s death. But Angela knows Randy would never have put his family at risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the chief determined to keep her out of the investigation, Angela must follow the gossip, connect the missing sculpture to Randy’s final days, and prove someone set up the Millers before an innocent woman goes to prison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBOOK TWO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe school janitor was found dead in a closet full of Valentine’s decorations. The only witness is a sick classroom hamster, and he swallowed the evidence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela Atkinson already has coffee shop shifts and her hobby farm to manage when David, the teacher she is definitely not dating, discovers why Rufio the hamster has been ill. The tiny creature swallowed a necklace, and it does not belong to anyone in David’s classroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat same morning, janitor Roman is found dead in the middle school supply closet. No one seems to know much about him, but Ruff catches the faint scent of rose perfume at the scene. Janitors do not usually wear perfume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the PTA moms focus on saving the Valentine’s Day dance, Angela suspects one of them is more worried about a missing necklace. So she does the unthinkable and volunteers to help decorate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Angela is hanging streamers with a clique of suspects, Ruff is sharing his home with an unwelcome hamster, and the killer may be planning to disappear into the dance crowd. Angela must connect the necklace to Roman’s murder before the last song plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBOOK THREE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAngela’s brother came home after nineteen years of silence. That same day, Hummings Hollow’s millionaire was found murdered in his mansion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam will not say where he has been. Their mother is over the moon. Angela is not. Then Reginald Dean is found dead with two blows to the head, his office safe missing, and no murder weapon in sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela and Ruff are called in to help find the killer, until Chief Helbar receives an anonymous tip claiming William had a very good reason to want Dean dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Angela is investigating the one suspect she cannot judge objectively. Did William come home to reunite with his family, or to steal whatever was hidden in Reginald Dean’s safe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelp arrives from an unlikely source, P. Nutty, the injured squirrel Angela rescued from her barn. Between chewing his bandages and hoarding almonds, the little squirrel may uncover the clue everyone else has missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela must prove her brother is innocent before the town decides he is guilty, and before the real killer gets away with murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBooks 1-3 in the Ruff McPaw Mysteries can be enjoyed as standalones. Perfect for fans of Mildred Abbott and Laurien Berenson, they are small-town cozy mysteries featuring a border collie who never misses a clue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0HKR6VZTM\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGET IT NOW IN AMAZON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Max Parrott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58534150865199,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/2046\/4175\/files\/Books1-3EBOOK.jpg?v=1790216261","url":"https:\/\/maxparrott.com\/products\/ruff-mcpaw-mysteries-books-1-3-collection-ebook","provider":"Max Parrott","version":"1.0","type":"link"}