When an elderly widow tells Jackie Walsh about a hidden fortune, Jackie and her crime-solving shepherd Jake start sniffing around--and discover a legacy of murder and deception that's still deadly after all these years.

A stray terrier leads Jackie to the body of a homeless women - and into a puzzling mystery with wide-ranging implications.

Meet Allie Babcock, an intrepid dog therapist with a knack for snooping.
After Allie Babcock sets up shop in Boulder, her first client is a despondent collie whose previous owner apparently took her own life.But Allie soon suspects murder—and figures her canine client was a witness to the crime. Allie is quickly on the case when a second murder stops her investigation. Before making another move, she counts her enemies: several suspicious dog owners, a violent boyfriend demanding vengeance, and a mysterious door-to-door salesman with a bizarre story to tell.One thing's for certain: All of them deserve a serious once-over—or Allie's own life may be brought to a heel. . . .
A great animal lover mystery!

Allie's dog therapy practice is booming. Her divorcing neighbors Edith and Travor have hired her to choose which one should have custody of Shogun, their silky terrier. Another neighborhood pair, Cassandra and Paul, need help with a fostered Siberian husky and her pups.Everything's great until Allie finds Cassandra's bludgeoned body on Edith's deck with a bloody pawprint beside it—and Shogun long gone. Who murdered Cassandra? Where's Shogun? What makes the old couple down the block so hostile?Hounded by the police and in the doghouse with just about everybody else, sleuthhound Allie cuts to the chase—and unleashes a close encounter with a cold-hearted killer. .

When Ribsy, a city dog, strays from Henry Huggins, he sets off a chain of hilarious events as he tries to make the best of his separation from home. Black-and-white illustrations.
I read this in grade school and will always remember it well.

Gossip maven Annabel Hinchby-Smythe is thrilled when she is mistaken for a top interior decorator by recent acquaintance and computer millionaire Arthur Arbuthnot. Only Sally, a cat rescued from the streets, seems to have a rightful place in Arbuthnot's affections, although she is loathed by everyone else. When the millionaire's corpse is discovered in his inner sanctum, all indications point toward foul play. Arbuthnot's lawyers reveal that Sally, the cat, is the main beneficiary of his will, and whoever looks after her will control his massive fortune, the relatives all scramble to win the fortunate feline's affections. All too aware of what this means for the cat's life expectancy, Annabel spirits her away from the conspiring clan. Between posing as a designer, acting as a cat-refuge service, and solving a murder, Annabel has her hands full.