Dead Dogs and Englishmen: An Emily Kincaid Mystery

In Buzzelli's gripping fourth Emily Kincaid mystery (after 2010's Dead Sleeping Shaman), freelance reporter and aspiring author Emily Kincaid and Deputy Dolly Wakowski find themselves taking the lead for several law enforcement agencies in investigating what soon appears to be a vicious campaign to intimidate the migrant community of Leetsville, Mich., for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, moody Dolly has a secret of her own, and Emily has been hired by a peculiar Englishman, Cecil Hawke, to edit what turns out to be a very disturbing manuscript. Is this manuscript, a horror novel with hints of true crime, linked to the growing tally of deaths and disappearances, including the murders of a woman and a dog? A good deal of violence and animal cruelty will deter most cozy readers, but Emily, Dolly, and Emily's appealing pet dog, Sorrow, will have many clamoring for the next book. (July)