<B>Retired high school teacher Gwen Franklin has a new pet valet business with her BFF and a whole new leash on life. But a killer is about to come sniffing around . . . </B><br><br><br> <br>Gwen Franklin is looking forward to spending her retirement drinking her favorite coffee and reading mystery novels. Those peaceful plans are brought to heel by her best friend Nora. Sporting stiletto heels leggings and a 'more is better' makeup routine fifty-something Nora Goldstein has a penchant for marrying—and divorcing—rich men. Now that Gwen's got free time Nora figures they should start a dog-walking and pet-sitting service together.<br><br><br> <br>But it's far from a walk in the park when the corpse of Linda Fletcher is found in Nora's kitchen. Linda was Nora's nemesis and the large knife protruding from her chest points to murder. With no doubt that her bestie's being framed Gwen puts her sleuthing skills—acquired from reading every Agatha Christie mystery—to the test as she digs through suspects including four disgruntled ex-husbands ten greedy ex-stepchildren not to mention all her exes' exes. But with death threats and another body surfacing can Gwen curb a killer before her own (dog) days come to an end?
