- Taschenbuch: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Dell; Auflage: First THUS (7. September 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0440225485
- ISBN-13: 978-0440225485
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 10,6 x 2,1 x 17,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.097.242 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Samantha Lewis offers Rachel Alexander, private eye and former dog trainer, a great assignment: providing security for a dog-training conference. At the conference, in beautiful springtime New York City, rivalries between renowned dog trainers escalate to murder. This third Rachel Alexander mystery boasts appealing human and canine characters, light humor, an attractive New York City setting, and a readable pace. The mystery resembles Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, although the motive is a bit confused. Benjamin fans may find this installment in the series a bit less sharp than its predecessor, The Dog Who Knew Too Much , but it will certainly satisfy anyone who enjoys the steadily growing subgenre of pet mysteries. Like Laurien Berenson in Watchdog , Benjamin reminds readers that, more often than we care to admit, humans are the "dumb animal" in the people-pet equation. John Rowen
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Who do you call when you're hosting a New York symposium of dog trainers who seem less likely to throw sticks for their charges to fetch than to use them to beat each other to death? The obvious choice is trainer-turned-shamus Rachel Alexander and her pit bull Dashiell (The Dog Who Knew Too Much, 1997, etc.), so symposium organizer Samantha Lewis offers the pair a hefty fee, free room and biscuits at the Ritz, and a couple of panels to provide cover for their snooping activities. And snoop they do. When Alan Cooper, the aversive-therapy guru of Instant Obedience, is electrocuted in his bathtub, Rachel's response is to pinch crucial evidence from his room (leaving unanswered the question of how the cops could've missed a pair of leopard-print bikinis tangled in the bedclothes) and try to pinch a passkey that'll let her into everybody else's digs as well. Amid amusingly unfettered debates about different training techniques (the luminaries Sam has gathered include a grandmotherly BBC veteran, a dog psychic, a couple of foodies, a yank-'em-spank-'em authoritarian, a behaviorist to the stars, and one of Rachel's most desirable ex-lovers), casualties continue to mount, though the most interesting characters make such early exits that the likely suspects are ciphers. Even if you pass up the mystery, you won't want to miss the dog-eat-dog snapshots of the alphas who attempt to bring man's best friend to heel. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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It's a dog's life in the mystery genre. The cats get starring roles, author co-credits, even whole series named after them. The doggie detectives are thrown the scraps. Enter Rachel Alexander, the private eye, who, with her faithful pit bull sidekick, Dashiell, is asked to provide security during a week-long dog training symposium at a posh New York City hotel in "A Hell of a Dog." A former dog trainer herself, Alexander knew the participants, each of whom believed that their philosophy, whether involving the use of prompt and frequent rewards, punishments or reading the pooch's psychic aura, will make them the next Barbara Wodehouse. Her job is complicated by the presence of a now ex-lover who decided to go back to his wife. "A Hell of a Dog" earns its best of show ribbon on several levels. The mystery is suitably mystifying, Alexander is an intelligent heroine with a heart, and the dog handlers are an entertaining pack of purebreeds and mutts. Watching them snapping and snarling at each other is only one of the book's pleasures. Benjamin writes knowledgeably about the dog world and the handlers' discussions and arguments about training are enlightening without being intrusive.
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Dog Mystery A Leader of the Pack
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It's a dog's life in the mystery genre. The cats get starring roles, author co-credits, even whole series named after them. The doggie detectives are thrown the scraps. Enter Rachel Alexander, the private eye, who, with her faithful pit bull sidekick, Dashiell, is asked to provide security during a week-long dog training symposium at a posh New York City hotel in "A Hell of a Dog." A former dog trainer herself, Alexander knew the participants, each of whom believed that their philosophy, whether involving the use of prompt and frequent rewards, punishments or reading the pooch's psychic aura, will make them the next Barbara Wodehouse. Her job is complicated by the presence of a now ex-lover who decided to go back to his wife. "A Hell of a Dog" earns its best of show ribbon on several levels. The mystery is suitably mystifying, Alexander is an intelligent heroine with a heart, and the dog handlers are an entertaining pack of purebreeds and mutts. Watching them snapping and snarling at each other is only one of the book's pleasures. Benjamin writes knowledgeably about the dog world and the handlers' discussions and arguments about training are enlightening without being intrusive.
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My favorite book in the series
1. Januar 2005
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I loved this book & read it straight through. At a dog training symposium, the dog trainers are dropping like flies. Rachel & Dash work undercover in this whodunit. With lots of twists & turns, the story kept me guessing right up until the very end. Woven into the story is info about various training methods, plus entertaining grumblings from the various trainers. Having spent a good deal of time with people in the dog world, I enjoyed the personalities of the dog trainers and found that they shared many of the same aggravating traits of the dog-fanatics who I have met through the years.
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